We have invited the world’s leading authorities to write about their conclusions on play.
Play is vital for child development. The impacts of play deprivation illustrate this: isolation, depression, reduced self-control, poor resilience, even criminality.
The overall sensitivity of the fathers during play in this sample of 312 families - 119 African American fathers and 193 Latino fathers - was…
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
Researchers have found that fathers who stimulate their 9-month-olds during play are more likely to enjoy secure attachment 3 to 9 months later.
Child & Family Blog EditorFebruary 2020
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
Economic and technological changes mean that children’s learning styles, specific to industrialised societies, may spread worldwide.
Professor Mary GauvainJanuary 2020
Both increasing parent-child cognitive stimulation and reducing maternal stress have cascading positive impacts on each other as the child grows up, making the case for…
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2019
