Less parental leave for same-sex male parents excludes them from benefits to child development.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2019
Articles related to gender in childhood, from some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Our articles on gender look at how children develop gendered roles within different kinds of families. They also cover how women and men modify their beliefs about gender roles when they become mothers and fathers.
A father’s brain is shaped much more by extent to which he is engaged in caring, or has been in the past: the more/less he…
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
The Global Fatherhood Charter was drafted in consultation with 21 leading child development researchers across the world in 2019, to help all those supporting fatherhood…
Professor Michael E. LambMay 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
Research into the neuroscience and biology of fatherhood has concluded that the idea that women are “primary caregivers”, solely responsible for nurture and care, limits…
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2019
How empathy is developed in toddlers is important for later social development in children – greater empathy in toddlerhood is linked to later popularity, friendship…
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2019
Mothers and fathers convey gender stereotypes when parenting. Conditioning early childhood by gender has long-term influences on social development.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
They say that sharing secrets is vital for their mental health, yet they struggle to keep friendship as pressures to “man up” intensify.
Professor Niobe WayMay 2017
