Children construct knowledge about death. They actively ask questions, they observe events and behaviors around them, they read books and watch films.
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2020
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
Positive coparenting leads to more father involvement and more father involvement leads to positive coparenting. It is chicken-and-egg.
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2020
The overall sensitivity of the fathers during play in this sample of 312 families - 119 African American fathers and 193 Latino fathers - was…
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 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
Sharing care of children within a community buffers children against differences in parenting between families.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
The coparenting study contributes to our growing understanding of how complex family systems operate, with different relationships influencing each other.
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
Gender nonconforming youth are more likely to experience rejection and verbal, physical and sexual abuse from both parents and peers.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
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