How common stereotypes emerge in childhood: children don’t just learn from what adults say but also from what they don’t say
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
Child & Family Blog Editor
Duncan Fisher, Child and Family Blog, UK
I co-founded the Child and Family Blog with the partners, Cambridge University, Princeton University and the Jacobs Foundation. The idea emerged from years of work in the child and family sector making the case for difficult changes on the basis of the evidence of improved child welfare and development. I work from Wales in UK.
Research Articles
Both increasing parent-child cognitive stimulation and reducing maternal stress have cascading positive impacts on each other as the child grows up, making the case for…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
Reminiscing has been described as “emotional socialisation”, nurturing a child’s emotional development. Parents sensitively reminiscing about earlier experiences with their children is part of early…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
The links between parental involvement in education and children’s performance at school are statistically significant, though small. The only exception is parents’ assistance with homework;…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
problem. Peer relations correlate strongly with later social and emotional development. Interventions seeking to reduce this negativity are important.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2019
According to the World Health Organisation, children will suffer 80% of the illnesses, injuries and deaths attributable to climate change.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2019
Adversity among both mothers and fathers correlates with self-harm and suicide in children. The more the adversity the parents experience, the more likely self-harm and…
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2019
Less parental leave for same-sex male parents excludes them from benefits to child development.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2019
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