Male violence, exceeds female violence by a very significant margin. The origins of this lie in early childhood development, with the first differences appearing in…
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
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Researchers recommend further work to understand whether awe can help improve early learning.
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
Significant maternal health changes in response to a small change in actual days of parental leave taken by fathers suggest days at home are used…
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
Study shows a correlation between screen time at age of 3 and missed early childhood development milestones at 5.
Sheri MadiganMay 2019
Overbearing parents can harm toddlers’ capacities to manage their feelings and actions, opening pathways to later difficulties with school and friends.
Professor Lilly ShanahanMay 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
The Global Fatherhood Charter was drafted in consultation with 21 leading child development researchers across the world in 2019, to help all those supporting fatherhood…
Professor Michael E. LambMay 2019
When a father supports a toddler’s autonomy, the child is likely to show better executive function at the age of five and so be readier…
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2019
The study emphasises the importance of addressing the impact on children’s social skills when parents are mentally unwell or highly controlling.
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2019
A parental support program in Pakistan that excludes fathers nevertheless influences their parenting for the better, which in turn improves parenting by mothers and child…
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2019
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An Assorted Pick
Trying out what grown-ups do wins out with preschoolers over pretend play with toys - and it’s likely better for child development.
This year’s international evaluation of national education systems is likely to show the need to focus schooling on new skills needed for jobs in the…
The longer a father is present in a child’s life, the more years of education the child attains by age 27.
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