From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: College students eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to researchers at Penn State. “Only…
From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) press release via ScienceDaily: New research reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems. Researchers found that…
From the University of Toronto press release: The offspring of parents who were addicted to drugs or alcohol are more likely to be depressed in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto…
From the Universität Basel press release via ScienceDaily: The relationships of fathers to their teenaged children are apparently influenced by the nature of their previous desire for children. The more acute that this feeling is,…
From the University of Illinois press release via EurekAlert!: What effect does a father’s depression have on his young son or daughter? When fathers report a high level of emotional intimacy in their marriage, their…
From the Elsevier Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50% of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28% of girls meeting…
From the Cardiff University press release via MedicalXpress: New research from Cardiff and Bristol universities shows that children whose brains process information more slowly than their peers are at greater risk of psychotic experiences. These…
From the Wiley press release via EurekAlert!: Smoking prevention in schools reduces the number of young people who will later become smokers, according to a new systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. For young…
From the Stanford University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: Why do some children learn math more easily than others? Research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has yielded an unexpected new answer. In…
From the UCSB press release via EurekAlert!: Most infants respond to a game of peek-a-boo with smiles at the very least, and, for those who find the activity particularly entertaining, gales of laughter. For infants…