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
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.
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
When mothers believe strongly in responding to a baby waking from sleep and fathers do not, the mother reports more conflict and less trust.
Child & Family Blog EditorMay 2017
If the mother works 41+ hours/week, fathers are 7x more likely to share care than are fathers in families in which the mother does not…
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2017
A German study has found that compared to parents of an only daughter, parents of an only son did more paid work.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2017
