The key predictor of antisocial behavior and violent crime (as opposed to nonviolent crime) is poor emotion regulation in early childhood.
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
Articles relating to child and family stress by some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Researchers are looking at the factors that lead to parent and child stress, for example, family instability, poverty, using corporal punishment on children. What are the impacts of stress on families and on the child, for example, the child’s mental health? How can minority and immigrant families suffering stress be supported?
Male violence, exceeds female violence by a very significant margin. The origins of this lie in early childhood development, with the first differences appearing in…
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
Controlling parenting is counterproductive, undermining children’s self-regulation and their capacities for responsibility.
Wendy S. GrolnickMay 2019
When social emotional development has proceeded well, children develop self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making.
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
Factors preventing infants from achieving milestones: genetic defects, toxic influences during pregnancy, birth complications, premature birth
Professor Sabina PauenSeptember 2018
Early childhood development: the brain, genetics, physical development, executive function, neglect and relationships.
Duncan Fisher OBEMay 2018
