Breaking the cycles of bias and violence starts at home by talking to children about racism rather than well-meaning adults avoiding the subject.
Professor Diane L. HughesJune 2020
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?
Greater father involvement has been found to be linked with academic performance at school. This was true for all socioeconomic groups.
Child & Family Blog EditorMay 2020
Emotionally supportive parenting can help disadvantaged children and has been shown to have long-term positive impact.
Xutong ZhangApril 2020
Sharing care of children within a community buffers children against differences in parenting between families.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
According to the World Health Organisation, children will suffer 80% of the illnesses, injuries and deaths attributable to climate change.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2019
Disentangling the neurological impacts of different adversities, such as child neglect and child abuse, shows biological pathways that underpin child development challenges.
Professor Margaret SheridanOctober 2019
Preschool care should be universally available and offer the services that families need from pregnancy.
Professor Kenneth A DodgeAugust 2019
