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    Garden Fizz

    1.5oz Gin Mare .5oz Chareau Aloe Liqueur 1oz Green Juice (apples, celery, cucumber, kale, lemon, and spinach through a juicer – you can find this type of juice at juice shops and high-end grocers)  .5oz Real Lemon Juice .5oz Organic Sugar Syrup (2:1) 1oz Topo Chico Sparkling Water Quick shake… The post Garden Fizz appeared […] More

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    When Latino and African American fathers play sensitively with their toddlers, performance in math is likely to be higher at kindergarten

        Child Development Research, Insights and Science Briefs to Your Inbox                     The overall sensitivity of the fathers during play in this sample of 312 families – 119 African American fathers and 193 Latino fathers – was high. A research study focusing on low-income Latino and African American […] More

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    Secure attachment: how father-child play can help

        Child Development Research, Insights and Science Briefs to Your Inbox                     Researchers have found that fathers who stimulate their 9-month-olds during play are more likely to enjoy secure attachment 3 to 9 months later. Secure attachment between fathers and their toddlers is predicted by […] More

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    Raspberry Heart Tarts

    Ingredients: Plain flour, for dusting 1 pack of premade pie crust ¼ cup softened butter ¼ cup caster sugar 1 medium egg, beaten ½ cup ground almonds ¼ tsp vanilla extract 1 jar of seedless raspberry jam Instructions: Lightly dust a clean work surface with flour. Roll out the pastry… The post Raspberry Heart Tarts […] More

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    Sharing the care of children diminishes the impact of variations in the quality of individual parenting: a community example from Africa

        Child Development Research, Insights and Science Briefs to Your Inbox                     Sharing care of children within a community buffers children against differences in parenting between families. In a culture that emphasises social equality and sharing, variations in the quality of parenting in a family – including fathers’ parenting – made less difference to the wellbeing of the children than they did […] More

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    Positive coparenting between mothers and fathers is associated with more involvement by fathers in caring for and playing with their children

        Child Development Research, Insights and Science Briefs to Your Inbox                     The coparenting study contributes to our growing understanding of how complex family systems operate, with different relationships influencing each other. When parents work well together as a team – known as “coparenting” – fathers tend to be more involved […] More

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    Globalisation may transform children’s learning in traditional societies

    Intelligent, curious toddlers are easy to spot in Western societies. Typically, they announce themselves with an endless string of “why” questions: “Why are we eating these?”; “Why are we getting in the car?”; “Why are you going to work?” But this isn’t how children’s learning operates in much of the world. We have found that “why” questions, seeking explanations, are […] More