Tag: babies

Study suggests role-play interaction with doll predicts parenting quality of expectant dads

From the Ohio State University press release: A five-minute role-play done with men before the birth of their first child predicted the quality of their parenting after the baby arrived,… Read more »

Study suggests that with engaged parenting, happy babies can avoid the “terrible twos”

From the University of Cambridge press release: Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown. A new study… Read more »

Study suggests infant temperament predicts personality over 20 years later

From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Researchers investigating how temperament shapes adult life-course outcomes have found that behavioral inhibition in infancy predicts a reserved, introverted personality at… Read more »

Study suggests where you live may influence your baby’s behaviour

From the Washington State University press release: Infants from rural families tend to display negative emotions such as anger and frustration more frequently than their urban counterparts, according to a… Read more »

Study suggests children have very precise expectations about adults’ communicative actions

From the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona press release: Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at… Read more »

Study links persistent sleep difficulties in infancy to heightened risk of childhood anxieties

From the BMJ press release: Persistent sleep difficulties during the first 12 months of life are linked to a heightened risk of developing childhood anxieties and emotional disorders, indicates research… Read more »