When a father supports a toddler’s autonomy, the child is likely to show better executive function at the age of five and so be readier…
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2019
Articles on inequality from some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Tackling inequality between children is a big area of child and family research at the moment. Research looks at the many factors that can contribute to gender, social, racial and childhood inequality – immigrant status, poverty, public health, neighbourhoods, unstable families. And what can address the impacts of inequality?
Support conversational capacities among parents on low incomes for language development in children that can cut poverty’s impact.
Jack O'SullivanFebruary 2019
Transforming supermarkets, bus stops and park benches for learning through play could cut educational gulfs between rich and poor.
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M. GolinkoffDecember 2018
Governments struggle to support positive, engaged fatherhood. Macroeconomics and political science might help explain what’s delaying policy reform.
Jack O'SullivanDecember 2018
Play with fathers could help bridge cognitive, social and emotional learning gaps among low-income children.
Professor Natasha J. CabreraOctober 2018
Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.
Stuart BrownOctober 2018
Bilingualism supports early cognitive development and protects children from the damaging influence of poverty.
Child & Family Blog EditorJune 2018
A comprehensive experiment is underway in the Midwest of USA to make a transition of an early school progamme from pilot to mainstream.
Child & Family Blog EditorJanuary 2018
