Many parents continue to think that spanking children makes them better behaved. A pioneering study shows that this belief is misguided and that parental warmth, unlike spanking, is the way to create positive child behaviors.
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Children Adopted by Same-Sex Parents Do Just as Well as Those Adopted by Heterosexual Parents
Researchers found that a more important influence on the adopted child is how the family manages conflicts.
Researchers found that a more important influence on the adopted child is how the family manages conflicts.
Silencing the Mother Tongue Makes It Harder for Bilingual Children to Learn English
Speaking your first language at home provides important advantages in child development, reading and educational attainment.
Speaking your first language at home provides important advantages in child development, reading and educational attainment.
Teenage Risk Taking and the Social Influence of Friends May Reflect Maturing of the Adolescent Brain
Why do some adolescents take risks around dangerous driving, sexual behaviour and alcohol, yet shrink from taking a chance when it’s time to ask questions or speak up in class?
Why do some adolescents take risks around dangerous driving, sexual behaviour and alcohol, yet shrink from taking a chance when it’s time to ask questions or speak up in class?
Coping Support Is Needed for Children of Divorce, Particularly in High-Conflict Situations
Finding the coping mechanisms make a difference to long-term outcomes.
Finding the coping mechanisms make a difference to long-term outcomes.
Short, Low-Cost Online Parenting Skills Program May Cut Corporal Punishment Of Children
" Many parents say they plan to stop corporal punishment of their children after a parenting skills program."
“Many parents say they plan to stop corporal punishment of their children after a parenting skills program.”
Antisocial Behavior and Violence in Men: How it Can be Predicted at the Age of 2 and 3 and What Can be Done to Prevent It
The key predictor of antisocial behavior and violent crime (as opposed to nonviolent crime) is poor emotion regulation in early childhood.
The key predictor of antisocial behavior and violent crime (as opposed to nonviolent crime) is poor emotion regulation in early childhood.
Nurture Curiosity to Develop Efficient Learning
Parents can help by also being curious, providing good answers and hosting open-ended conversations.
Parents can help by also being curious, providing good answers and hosting open-ended conversations.
We Need a Comprehensive Psychosocial Care System for Preschool Children
Preschool care should be universally available and offer the services that families need from pregnancy.
Preschool care should be universally available and offer the services that families need from pregnancy.
Mind-Mindedness – Parents’ Ability to Represent and Hold in Mind the Internal States of Their Infants – Predicts How Well Babies are Able to Manage Their Own Emotions
A key question is how a parent names different emotions that the child experiences, enabling the child to recognise and manage them better.
A key question is how a parent names different emotions that the child experiences, enabling the child to recognise and manage them better.
Parental Alienation Is Child Abuse Say Researchers Of Child Development
A family systems approach to parental alienation is recommended, involving victims and perpetrator.
A family systems approach to parental alienation is recommended, involving victims and perpetrator.
How Fathers Affect Their Toddlers’ Executive Function, A Key Learning Skill And A Measure Of School Readiness
When a father supports a toddler’s autonomy, the child is likely to show better executive function at the age of five and so be readier for school.
When a father supports a toddler’s autonomy, the child is likely to show better executive function at the age of five and so be readier for school.
Screen Time Is Linked To Slower Early Childhood Development
"Study shows a correlation between screen time at age of 3 and missed early childhood development milestones at 5."
“Study shows a correlation between screen time at age of 3 and missed early childhood development milestones at 5.”
Children Of Divorce: The Key Role Of Self-Esteem In Recovering From The Trauma
For every level of trauma children of divorce report, how they cope in the rest of their lives is likely to be less if they have low self-esteem.
For every level of trauma children of divorce report, how they cope in the rest of their lives is likely to be less if they have low self-esteem.
Income Inequality Makes a Bigger Difference to Child Cognitive Development in USA Than Other Countries? Why?
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 the consequences of income inequality for children.
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 the consequences of income inequality for children.
Children Need Structure and Guidance, but Controlling Parenting Can Do Harm
Controlling parenting is counterproductive, undermining children’s self-regulation and their capacities for responsibility.
Controlling parenting is counterproductive, undermining children’s self-regulation and their capacities for responsibility.