Both the mother’s and father’s mind-mindedness when a baby is four months and 12 months old influence the way the baby manages emotions at 12…
The EditorApril 2019
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Articles from leading researchers, knowledge updates and more.
Research into the neuroscience and biology of fatherhood has concluded that the idea that women are “primary caregivers”, solely responsible for nurture and care, limits…
The EditorMarch 2019
How empathy is developed in toddlers is important for later social development in children – greater empathy in toddlerhood is linked to later popularity, friendship…
The EditorMarch 2019
For every level of trauma children of divorce report, how they cope in the rest of their lives is likely to be less if they…
The EditorMarch 2019
New data on test scores of five-year olds suggest supporting parents to balance work and care, and providing subsidised preschool daycare, could help to limit…
The EditorMarch 2019
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“Educators, parents and policy makers should all be concerned at the rapid decline in unsupervised free play for children, which may damage early child development and later social and emotional learning.”
Stuart BrownFounder and President of National Institute for Play, California, USA
Support conversational capacities among parents on low incomes for language development in children that can cut poverty’s impact.
Jack O'SullivanFebruary 2019
The demise of corporal punishment is slow because of lack of clarity about effectiveness of different forms of child discipline.
Professor George W. HoldenFebruary 2019
A family systems approach to parental alienation is recommended, involving victims and perpetrator.
The EditorFebruary 2019
Education’s increasingly narrow focus on tests and targets overlooks play’s harder-to-measure contributions to child development.
Jack O'SullivanJanuary 2019
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Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.
Teachers need help with their own wellbeing, and they need better training to create classrooms that support social and emotional learning.
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