The children’s reaction to the toys for boys / toys for girls branding was not as expected. Girls actually learned more about engineering from the toy for boys, and boys learned more about engineering from the toy for girls.
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Moral Development in Children is Linked to Reduced Aggression
Research into moral development in children finds that children who react more strongly against stories of moral violations show less aggressive behavior.
Research into moral development in children finds that children who react more strongly against stories of moral violations show less aggressive behavior.
Fatherhood Policy Failures Call For Broader Child Development Research
How are policies not necessarily aligned with the best interested of having more engaged dads?
How are policies not necessarily aligned with the best interested of having more engaged dads?
Parental Depression Impairs Early Childhood Development Less If Other Parent Has Good Social Support
How can parental co-support assist in good outcomes for kids?
How can parental co-support assist in good outcomes for kids?
Pay and Play: To Enhance Early Childhood Development, Fathers Should Do Both
How are dads crucial for early life socioemotional development of children?
How are dads crucial for early life socioemotional development of children?
Play Deprivation Can Damage Early Child Development
How can a lack of fun time produce more fragile kids?
How can a lack of fun time produce more fragile kids?
Bilingual Children Can Focus Better
Why can those who speak more than one language able to show a slower cognitive decline on average?
Why can those who speak more than one language able to show a slower cognitive decline on average?
Under-5s’ Food Insecurity Threatens Their Learning
How many children in the richest nation on Earth suffer from the possibility of hunger, malnutrition, and even starvation?
How many children in the richest nation on Earth suffer from the possibility of hunger, malnutrition, and even starvation?
Infant Language Learning Needs Parents, Not Tablets
How can the natural interaction with parents and not the artificial one with technology improve the capacities of the young?
How can the natural interaction with parents and not the artificial one with technology improve the capacities of the young?
Children’s Reader Better If Parents They Can – And Help Well
How can parents be crucial components in the support of the classroom performance with in-home training?
How can parents be crucial components in the support of the classroom performance with in-home training?
Children’s Reading Better If Parents Believe They Can – And Help Well
How is support through literacy good for the kids?
How is support through literacy good for the kids?
Learning Math, Science and Technology is Good for Preschoolers
How are STEM helpful for the other basics of learning?
How are STEM helpful for the other basics of learning?
Early Childhood Education Requires Excellent Pre-Kindergarten and Better Primary Teaching
What is the relevance and importance of kid outcomes with improvements in educational provisions?
What is the relevance and importance of kid outcomes with improvements in educational provisions?
Early Maternal Depression Predicts Six-Year-Olds’ Ability to Focus, With Longer Term Implications For Their Performance in School
What are the bases of the relationship between mental illness in mothers and bad outcomes for kids?
What are the bases of the relationship between mental illness in mothers and bad outcomes for kids?
Quality of Home Learning Environment Before Age 3 is Strongly Tied to Academic Performance at 10-11
How is the context of one's upbringing important for learning?
How is the context of one’s upbringing important for learning?
When African American Fathers Discipline Their Three-Year-Old Sons More, The Boys Do Better in Math Tests
Why is discipline crucial for the mathematical educations of boys?
Why is discipline crucial for the mathematical educations of boys?