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
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Research into moral development in children finds that children who react more strongly against stories of moral violations show less aggressive behavior.
The EditorFebruary 2019
Parents boost language development in early childhood by naming what children see, touch, smell, taste and do as they play.
Professor Catherine S. Tamis-LeMondaFebruary 2019
Literally being able to see and hear the child’s perspective will revise our understanding of early childhood development.
Jack O'SullivanFebruary 2019
Support conversational capacities among parents on low incomes for language development in children that can cut poverty’s impact.
Jack O'SullivanFebruary 2019
“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
Coping with family conflict and adversity creates major challenges for mothers and fathers.
Jack O'SullivanJanuary 2019
An extra 5 hours/week spent in solo father-child learning activity makes as big a difference to child development as having a university-educated father.
The EditorDecember 2018
Pretend play is both vital and unique to humanity even if, as research suggests, more of it does not boost cognitive learning or creativity.
Paul L. HarrisDecember 2018
Children guide their own learning. They look elsewhere when learning slows, because they’ve mastered the material or it’s too difficult. Inattention can aid child development.
Celeste KiddDecember 2018
An Assorted Pick
An extra 5 hours/week spent in solo father-child learning activity makes as big a difference to child development as having a university-educated father.
Move to more traditional views reflects conformism with how work, leave arrangements, public services for children, schools & social networks are arranged.
Less direct approach to interviewing child abuse victims increases disclosures, prosecutions, guilty pleas & convictions, providing better child protection.
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