Many parents say they plan to stop corporal punishment of their children after a parenting skills program.
Professor Seth ScholerJuly 2019
Controlling parenting is counterproductive, undermining children’s self-regulation and their capacities for responsibility.
Wendy S. GrolnickMay 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
The children’s reaction to the toys for boys / toys for girls branding was not as expected. Girls actually learned more about engineering from the…
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2019
For every level of trauma children of divorce report, how they cope in the rest of their lives is likely to be less if they…
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2019
New data on test scores of five-year olds suggest supporting parents to balance work and care, and providing subsidised preschool daycare, could help to limit…
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2019
Research into moral development in children finds that children who react more strongly against stories of moral violations show less aggressive behavior.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2019
The demise of corporal punishment is slow because of lack of clarity about effectiveness of different forms of child discipline.
Professor George W. HoldenFebruary 2019
