Overbearing parents can harm toddlers’ capacities to manage their feelings and actions, opening pathways to later difficulties with school and friends.
Professor Lilly ShanahanMay 2019
Articles relating to the development of self-control in children and toddlers written by some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
We cover research on the development of self-control in children as part of health social and emotional development. Self-control is developed within loving family relationships.
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
Play with fathers could help bridge cognitive, social and emotional learning gaps among low-income children.
Professor Natasha J. CabreraOctober 2018
Diverse practices in children’s play in cultures call for skepticism that Euro-American child development approaches are best everywhere.
Professor Jaipaul L. RoopnarineOctober 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
Baby development stages: gross motor and fine motor functions, perception, cognition, talking, social relations, self-regulation, emotions.
Professor Sabina PauenSeptember 2018
The 8 baby milestones: gross motor and fine motor functions, perception, cognition, talking, social relations, self-regulation, emotions.
Professor Sabina PauenSeptember 2018
