Language development in infancy is influenced differently by well-educated mothers and fathers, even though they read to their young toddlers (1 to 2 years old)…
Child & Family Blog EditorMay 2019
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.
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…
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2019
A family systems approach to parental alienation is recommended, involving victims and perpetrator.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2019
A study involving 80 fathers of toddlers found that father child attachment tended to be stronger when fathers spent time caring for their toddler on…
Child & Family Blog EditorDecember 2018
Science can now confirm, albeit cautiously, that the best interests of children are commensurate with a legal presumption of shared parenting after divorce.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Do children really benefit from shared parenting after divorce? The experts say yes: over 50 recent studies have demonstrated this.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Early child development research shows importance of sustaining father-baby relationships after divorce and separation.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Diverse practices in children’s play in cultures call for skepticism that Euro-American child development approaches are best everywhere.
Professor Jaipaul L. RoopnarineOctober 2018
