Tag: children

Study suggests children who have difficult relationships with their moms are clingy towards teachers

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From the New York University press release: Children who experience “dependent” or clingy relationships with their preschool teachers tend to also have difficulties in their relationships with their mothers finds… Read more »

Study suggests children prefer storybooks that explain why and how things happen

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From the Frontiers press release: Children have an insatiable appetite to understand why things are the way they are, leading to their apt description as “little scientists.” While researchers have… Read more »

Study suggests time on screens has little impact on kids’ social skills

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From the Ohio State University press release: Despite the time spent with smartphones and social media, young people today are just as socially skilled as those from the previous generation,… Read more »

Study suggests media literacy can improve child nutrition, family relationships

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From the Washington State University press release: During this pandemic when few parents can limit screen time, a new study shows that building critical media skills as a family can… Read more »

Study suggests children who hold ‘benevolent’ sexist views are also likely to possess ‘hostile’ ones

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From the New York University press release: Children who hold seemingly positive, “benevolent” views about women are also likely to hold negative ones, a team of psychology researchers has found…. Read more »

Researchers develop new treatment for childhood anxiety that works by changing parent behaviour

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From the Elsevier press release: A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that an entirely parent-based treatment, SPACE (Supportive… Read more »

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

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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 »

Study suggests older children’s brains respond differently to rewarding vs. negative experiences late in day

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From the Binghamton University press release: Older children respond more strongly to rewarding experiences and less strongly to negative experiences later in the day, which may lead to poor decision-making… Read more »