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 Northwestern University research. Contrary to…
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 supportive, well-organized, and cognitively stimulating…
From the Frontiers press release: Pediatricians, educators, and parents have always agreed on at least one thing: reading to your toddler — early on in life and regularly — is vital to promote language acquisition…
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 older classmates. Starting school young…
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 children appear less socially adjusted…
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 are still working to understand…
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 more stressful part of raising…
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 material benefits? Indeed, such altruistic…
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 decisions. Those “executive functions” of…
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 out. Researchers are now asking…