Emotionally supportive parenting can help disadvantaged children and has been shown to have long-term positive impact.
Xutong ZhangApril 2020
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?
The best way to prevent chronic physical aggression in boys is intensive and long-term interventions initiated early in life targeting disadvantaged mothers.
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
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
Support conversational capacities among parents on low incomes for language development in children that can cut poverty’s impact.
Jack O'SullivanFebruary 2019
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
