Correlations have been found between adverse childhood experiences in fathers’ lives and sleep disruption, inattention, anger, and anxiety in their children.
Child & Family Blog EditorJanuary 2021
Articles relating to depression in families by some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Researchers have long been looking at the impact of depression in mothers and depression in fathers on a child’s present and future wellbeing. Another important issue is how depression in one member of the family affects the mood and functioning of other members of the family, not just the children.
Emotionally supportive parenting can help disadvantaged children and has been shown to have long-term positive impact.
Xutong ZhangApril 2020
Stress in children at ‘the best’ schools can triple risks of anxiety, depression, substance abuse and delinquency.
Suniya S. LutharFebruary 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
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
Male violence, exceeds female violence by a very significant margin. The origins of this lie in early childhood development, with the first differences appearing in…
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 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
Child development research explains why the loss of a parent-child relationship during divorce is so excruciatingly painful for a child.
Child & Family Blog EditorDecember 2018
