Study has found that mothers prone to anxiety, stress, guilt and frustration are more likely to be harsh parents if the father is not supportive.
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2020
Articles related to the parental relationship from some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
The importance of the parental relationship to the development of the child has become clearer and clearer through research in the last decades. What impact does a poor parental relationship have on the future chances of the child? How best can we support the parental relationship?
The coparenting study contributes to our growing understanding of how complex family systems operate, with different relationships influencing each other.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
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
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
Engaged fathering usually means other family relationships are going well. That’s why it predicts successful development in children.
Professor Charlie LewisOctober 2017
Infants whose mothers were depressed after the birth were not rated as consistently difficult over time if family functioning is good.
Child & Family Blog EditorSeptember 2017
Continuous maternal depression in the first six years of a child’s life predicts family disharmony—but not if the father parents sensitively.
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2017
