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Articles related to child and family poverty | Child and Family Blog

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?

language development in children Cognitive Development (0-3)

Parental talk can promote language development

Support conversational capacities among parents on low incomes for language development in children that can cut poverty’s impact.
Jack O'Sullivan
Jack O'SullivanFebruary 2019
learning through play Cognitive Development (0-3)

Let’s redesign public spaces for learning through play

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. Golinkoff
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M. GolinkoffDecember 2018
fatherhood Social and Emotional Development (0-3)

Fatherhood policy failures call for broader child development research

Governments struggle to support positive, engaged fatherhood. Macroeconomics and political science might help explain what’s delaying policy reform.
Jack O'Sullivan
Jack O'SullivanDecember 2018
Cognitive Development (0-3)

Cognitive development theory

Modern cognitive development theory emphasises relationships, seeing social interaction as the crucible in which children’s cognitive development takes place.
Professor Charlie Lewis
Professor Charlie LewisOctober 2018
early child development, social and emotional learning, play Social and Emotional Development (0-3)

Play deprivation can damage early child development

Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.
Stuart Brown
Stuart BrownOctober 2018
play, fathers, early childhood development Cognitive Development (4-12)

Pay AND play: to enhance early childhood development, fathers should do both

Play with fathers could help bridge cognitive, social and emotional learning gaps among low-income children.
Professor Natasha J. Cabrera
Professor Natasha J. CabreraOctober 2018
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Bilingualism supports child cognitive development, particularly in poor children

Bilingualism supports early cognitive development and protects children from the damaging influence of poverty.
The Editor
The EditorJune 2018
child development father Social and Emotional Development (0-3)

Policy should reflect fathers’ impact on child development

Research has discredited cultural beliefs about fathers' roles in child development but these mistaken beliefs still shape family policy.
Professor Michael E. Lamb
Professor Michael E. LambMay 2018
school poverty Cognitive Development (4-12)

Growing family income gap in US linked to increasing gap in children’s completed education

The increase in the family income gap in the US is the biggest predictor found of the growing gap in school completion between these groups.
The Editor
The EditorDecember 2017
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