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
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.
When a parent’s partner reports good social support, the impact of parental depression on parenting quality all but disappears.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.
Stuart BrownOctober 2018
Infants’ exposure to their mother’s depression predicts poor ability to sustain attention when the child enters school at age six.
Child & Family Blog EditorSeptember 2017
A low-income dad often speaks and plays with his child in unique ways that boost school readiness.
Professor Natasha J. CabreraSeptember 2017
Infants whose mothers were depressed after the birth were not rated as consistently difficult over time if family functioning is good.
Child & Family Blog EditorSeptember 2017
Continuous maternal depression in the first six years of a child’s life predicts family disharmony—but not if the father parents sensitively.
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2017
Combined depression treatment and parenting training for mothers brings better outcomes for children
Addressing a mother’s depression and her parenting skills at the same time can head off behavior problems in young children.
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2017
