When social emotional development has proceeded well, children develop self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making at school, at home, and in the…
Child and Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Among the factors that can prevent infants from achieving milestones are genetic defects, toxic influences during pregnancy, birth complications and premature birth, perceptual problems that…
Professor Sabina PauenSeptember 2018
Early child development is underpinned by brain development, by genetic and epigenetic inheritance and by physical development. Two key features of early childhood development that…
Duncan Fisher OBEMay 2018
Teachers need help with their own social-emotional wellbeing, and they need better training to create classrooms that support SEL. Research shows that social and emotional…
Professor Kimberly Schonert-ReichlDecember 2017
A study of 117 three- to four-year-olds in England finds that certain aspects of parenting—specifically, how parents relate to their children in ways that cause…
The EditorNovember 2017
A small study in one US city may shed new light on the already established link between violent crime in a child’s neighbourhood and poor…
The EditorOctober 2017
A Swedish study of 807 10- to 18-year-old children of separated parents found that when parents shared physical custody, children were 8.5% less likely to…
The EditorSeptember 2017
