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Children construct knowledge about death. They actively ask questions, they observe events and behaviors around them, they read books and watch films. By the age of six, most children seem to have a fairly sophisticated understanding of death, according to a recent review of the research. This is earlier than once thought: the famous early researcher Jean Piaget (1896-1980) proposed […] More
Child Development Research, Insights and Science Briefs to Your Inbox Stress in children at ‘the best’ schools can triple risks of anxiety, depression, substance abuse and delinquency. Children in America’s “good schools” – those with high test scores and graduates heading to selective […] More
Child Development Research, Insights and Science Briefs to Your Inbox Gender nonconforming youth are more likely to experience rejection and verbal, physical and sexual abuse from both parents and peers. Gender nonconforming children, particularly boys, experience victimization. They are more likely to be rejected and verbally abused by their parents, and they suffer higher levels of both […] More
How do children learn common stereotypes? Recent research has shown that, if you tell young children that one group is good at something (for example, “Girls are good at playing basketball”), they are likely to infer that other unmentioned groups (such as boys) are not so good at it. This is particularly likely if children […] More
A review of 206 studies of care by grandparents has proposed a more coherent framework to analyse and understand how care by grandparents contributes to children’s development and health. The research identifies: two types of care by grandparents custodial care in skipped generation families (no parent present) care within multigeneration families (one or both parents […] More
A recent review of 448 studies covering 480,830 families confirms that parental involvement in their children’s education has a number of positive effects. Previous research had produced mixed results. This synthesis, known as a meta-analysis, was able to identify links more reliably. Parents who want to support their children’s early performance at school should consider […] More
Father-child relationships reflect the nuanced kinds of involvement that children require from their dads and simultaneously highlight fatherhood’s central role in male adult development. That’s why we should focus more on the quality of the father-child relationship across time and contexts. The prize is more informed, enthusiastic and skilled fathers, and better-parented young people. Typically, […] More
After showing that gender nonconforming children are less popular with their peers. researchers in Hong Kongrecently tested an intervention that successfully changed perceptions for the better, albeit only measured in the short-term and in a laboratory setting rather than in real life. The research was divided into two studies. The first looked at how children […] More
