New data on test scores of five-year olds suggest supporting parents to balance work and care, and providing subsidised preschool daycare, could help to limit…
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2019
Articles related to child and family poverty by some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Research on child and family poverty looks at the impact of poverty on children’s learning, social development and mental health. Neuroscientists are looking at the impact of poverty on the child’s brain. How best to support families living in poverty, including families with different structures? How can education counter the effects of poverty on children?
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
Modern cognitive development theory emphasises relationships, seeing social interaction as the crucible in which children’s cognitive development takes place.
Professor Charlie LewisOctober 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
Research has discredited cultural beliefs about fathers' roles in child development but these mistaken beliefs still shape family policy.
Professor Michael E. LambMay 2018
