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
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
Economic and technological changes mean that children’s learning styles, specific to industrialised societies, may spread worldwide.
Mary GauvainJanuary 2020
Child learning from each other in hunter-gatherer societies promotes collaborative problem-solving and can help us rethink approaches to child development.
Sheina Lew-LevyNovember 2019
Both increasing parent-child cognitive stimulation and reducing maternal stress have cascading positive impacts on each other as the child grows up, making the case for…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
Reminiscing has been described as “emotional socialisation”, nurturing a child’s emotional development. Parents sensitively reminiscing about earlier experiences with their children is part of early…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
Cognitive development at adolescence predicted by early mother-child and caregiver-child interactions.
Deborah Lowe VandellNovember 2019
