By teaching children about their Latine heritage, caregivers can foster healthy ethnic identity, family bonds, and positive development.
Children Caught Between Highly Conflicted Divorced Parents at Greater Risk of Mental Health Problems
Youth who experience higher levels of inter-parental conflict after divorce are more likely to fear abandonment and experience mental health problems.
Youth who experience higher levels of inter-parental conflict after divorce are more likely to fear abandonment and experience mental health problems.
“Why Do They Feel Sad?” Shared Book Reading Reveals How Children Learn About Others’ Emotions
Preschoolers who use more emotion talk while reading with caregivers tend to have greater emotion understanding a year later.
Preschoolers who use more emotion talk while reading with caregivers tend to have greater emotion understanding a year later.
Storytellers Are Made, Not Born: The Benefits of Elaboratively Reminiscing With Your Child
Asking children about their experiences can create fun dialog and help build children's language, literacy, and socioemotional skills.
Asking children about their experiences can create fun dialog and help build children’s language, literacy, and socioemotional skills.
Teenage Drinking and Drug Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Young teens made big changes in their drinking and drug use during the pandemic, in both positive and negative directions.
Young teens made big changes in their drinking and drug use during the pandemic, in both positive and negative directions.
Infant-Parent Co-Sleeping: What Do Sleep Arrangements Mean for Families?
Co-sleeping is linked to parental sleep disturbances and lower parenting quality, but not infants’ sleep; focusing on healthy sleep and family relationships may be most critical for babies.
Co-sleeping is linked to parental sleep disturbances and lower parenting quality, but not infants’ sleep; focusing on healthy sleep and family relationships may be most critical for babies.
Tired and Cranky: Babies Who Have Been Awake for a While Are More Sensitive to Sad and Angry Faces
Toward the end of long periods of wakefulness, babies might become more attuned to negative information.
Toward the end of long periods of wakefulness, babies might become more attuned to negative information.
The Power of Distributed Sleep: The Benefit of Multiple Naps in Infancy
Sleep helps memory at all ages and missing a nap may be harmful to infant learning.
Sleep helps memory at all ages and missing a nap may be harmful to infant learning.
Infant Nap Time: The Timing of Naps Affects Learning
Napping soon after learning helps infants remember new information better than if napping is delayed.
Napping soon after learning helps infants remember new information better than if napping is delayed.
Infant Sleep and Brain Development
Babies who sleep well, and sufficiently, through the night may develop better learning and language skills as toddlers.
Babies who sleep well, and sufficiently, through the night may develop better learning and language skills as toddlers.
Maintaining Cultural Identity: Key to Children’s Development, Particularly for Australia’s Aboriginal Children
It helps children thrive, building their resilience to historic and current racism, and underpinning their well-being and life purpose. But public institutions such as schools underappreciate the importance of supporting identity and often do not do it well.
It helps children thrive, building their resilience to historic and current racism, and underpinning their well-being and life purpose. But public institutions such as schools underappreciate the importance of supporting identity and often do not do it well.
Flourishing Amid Family Harmony: Grandmothers in China Can Support Children’s Development Best When They Support the Mothers
Helping out the family supports children’s development. But research in China suggests it might be especially helpful for grandmothers to be diplomatic and stand back when mothers are present.
Helping out the family supports children’s development. But research in China suggests it might be especially helpful for grandmothers to be diplomatic and stand back when mothers are present.
Baby Parenting Apps: A New Way to Help Caregivers in Their Child’s First 1,000 Days
Parent-based apps can offer accessible support to boost parents’ self-efficacy for helping their child’s early development.
Parent-based apps can offer accessible support to boost parents’ self-efficacy for helping their child’s early development.
Do Adopted Children Inevitably Struggle?
Negative assumptions are not consistent with the evidence about adoption outcomes.
Negative assumptions are not consistent with the evidence about adoption outcomes.
Harsh Parenting Effects: A Negative Self-Perpetuating Loop
In many parts of the world, including the United States, England, and Northern Ireland, physically punishing children is still officially permitted.
In many parts of the world, including the United States, England, and Northern Ireland, physically punishing children is still officially permitted.
Autistic Traits Can Undermine Young Children’s Relationships, but Aggressive Behavior Is the Bigger Risk
Tackling behavioral issues is vital, along with strategies at school and home to help children understand and interact with others.
Tackling behavioral issues is vital, along with strategies at school and home to help children understand and interact with others.