Transforming supermarkets, bus stops and park benches for learning through play could cut educational gulfs between rich and poor. In the supermarket, signs prompt parents…
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M. GolinkoffDecember 2018
Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience. Educators, parents and policy makers should all be…
Stuart BrownOctober 2018
Play with dad could help bridge cognitive, social and emotional learning gaps among low-income children. Please can we stop telling fathers just to pay for…
Professor Natasha J. CabreraOctober 2018
Research on a large sample of five- to seven-year-olds in the USA has shown that bilingualism supports early cognitive development and protects children from the…
The EditorJune 2018
How do you mainstream a successful early child development program when those who have to pay for it are not those who save money when…
The EditorJanuary 2018
The increase in the US family income gap—which rose from $100,000 between the top and bottom 20% of 14- to 16-year-olds in 1968 to $165,000…
The EditorDecember 2017
A study looking at a wide range of family and parenting practices in low-income families identified factors that predict learning achievement and socio-emotional outcomes for…
The EditorNovember 2017
Past studies have shown that the children of fathers who more frequently control and discipline them are likely to do less well on measures of…
The EditorNovember 2017
