Tag: developmental psychology

Children play key role in making early education successful

From the Northwestern University press release: The way children engage with their teachers, peers and tasks is vital to the success of early-childhood education but greatly underestimated, according to new… Read more »

Positive engagement in preschool key to developmental gains

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Many interventions and programs designed to improve low-income children’s lives focus on providing high-quality early-childhood education. Preschool classrooms that are emotionally… Read more »

Study suggests starting school young can put child wellbeing at risk

From the University of Exeter press release: New research has shown that the youngest pupils in each school year group could be at risk of worse mental health than their… Read more »

Study examines effect of supporting children’s negative emotions

From the Wiley press release: New research suggests that whereas mothers who are more supportive of their children’s negative emotions rate their children as being more socially skilled, these same… Read more »

Social emotional learning interventions show promise, warrant further study

From the Oregon State University press release: Developing a child’s social and emotional learning skills in early childhood is seen as a key to the child’s success in school, but researchers… Read more »

Study suggests parents’ outlook on life can influence children’s behaviour

From the Frontiers press release: Most parents will agree that children present a never-ending series of behavioral challenges. Tantrums, picky eating and poor sleeping behavior are often cited as the… Read more »

Study suggests sharing voluntarily makes young kids happy

From the Frontiers press release: If humans are primarily motivated by self-interest, as traditional economic theory claims, why do we sometimes perform acts of generosity that don’t yield us any… Read more »

Brain images reveal roots of kids’ increasing cognitive control

From the Cell Press press release: As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in their ability to control impulses, stay organized, and make… Read more »

Can parents’ tech obsessions contribute to a child’s bad behavior?

From the Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan press release: Fatigue. Hunger. Boredom. Those are often on the list of reasons parents mention if their child whines, has tantrums or acts… Read more »