Child Development (Ages 4-12)

The leading research on child development.

We look at child development stages, developmental milestones and cognitive development theory among 4 – 12 year olds.

Professors Philip A. Cowan & Carolyn Pape Cowan

Child development services should include fathers and a parental relationship focus

A holistic approach, replacing fragmented interventions, should support couple partnerships and how both parents relate to their children.

bilingualism cognitive function

Bilingualism supports child cognitive development, particularly in poor children

fathers provide

Fathers influence child development but this is persistently ignored: why?

school programme

Mainstreaming a parent-school program to support early child development

school poverty

Growing family income gap in US linked to increasing gap in children’s completed education

executive function: learning to lear

How a parent helps a child with a puzzle predicts the child’s executive function – the ability to manage time and pay attention

fathering

Professor Charlie Lewis

Engaged fathering is a sign of healthy parenting

neighbourhood development

A poor neighborhood holds back children’s cognitive development

engagement

Dr Vaheshta Sethna

Father engagement from three months strengthens infants’ cognitive development

single-parent disadvantaged

Japanese children of single-parent families disadvantaged academically by strong gender division of parental roles