Parents influence children’s brain development in ways that can shape how we think about our experiences for a lifetime.
Nim TottenhamFebruary 2021
Articles relating to parent child attachment, from some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Parent child attachment – be it with mother or father or other carer – is fundamental to the health development of the child and it changes the adults too. We cover research on this most fundamental of child development issues.
Millions of years ago, our species established childraising practices that shaped children to be cooperative and intelligent. What are these long-established practices?
Darcia NarvaezOctober 2020
This research on gay fathers contradicts beliefs that fathers have less innate caring ability than mothers and challenges the historical emphasis on mothers.
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2020
Researchers have found that fathers who stimulate their 9-month-olds during play are more likely to enjoy secure attachment 3 to 9 months later.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
Where infants and pre-schoolers show fear of spiders, snakes and heights, it is usually related to the occurrence of the same fears in parents.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
Mothers and fathers are on average equally sensitive to their four-month-olds in different situations – a caring task, a playing task and during the “still…
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2019
Disentangling the neurological impacts of different adversities, such as child neglect and child abuse, shows biological pathways that underpin child development challenges.
Margaret SheridanOctober 2019
The key predictor of antisocial behavior and violent crime (as opposed to nonviolent crime) is poor emotion regulation in early childhood.
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
