Reduced parenting time with fathers after divorce damages emotional security in children. Increased time mitigates negative impacts of conflict. Reduced parenting time with fathers after…
The EditorDecember 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
Early child development is underpinned by brain development, by genetic and epigenetic inheritance and by physical development. Two key features of early childhood development that…
Duncan Fisher OBEMay 2018
A new study has found a link between loss of a father—through death, imprisonment or parental separation—and reduced telomere length. Telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences…
The EditorNovember 2017
The long-term consequences of childhood abuse are well researched. Abused children are at increased risk of mental health problems and criminality, and they are more…
The EditorNovember 2017
Fifteen years after the program ended, young adults whose mothers participated in the New Beginnings Program (NBP), a parenting program in the US for divorcing…
The EditorJuly 2017
Adolescent capacities to cope with stress, manage emotions and make good decisions are interlinked, but too often they are tackled separately by research and practice.…
Dr Kathryn ModeckiJune 2017
