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…
From the Baylor University press release: Consider these scenarios. You’re focused on an important project at work and your phone rings. It’s your spouse. You’ve just finished dinner with your family and you’re cleaning up…
From the Bar-Ilan University press release: Maternal depression negatively impacts children’s emotional and cognitive development and family life. Studies have shown that a home in which the mother suffers from depression exhibits lower cohesion, warmth,…
From the Lehigh University press release: The concept of marriage may be in flux, but a new study of commuter marriages–in which a married couple lives apart in service to their dual professional careers–appears to…
From the American Academy of Pediatrics press release: Scientists already know early lead exposure can slow a child’s cognitive and language development. Findings of an abstract being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting…
From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health press release: Children in low-income families have an increased chance of thriving when their caregiver relationships include certain positive characteristics, according to new research from the National…
From the University of Montreal press release: What pushes a teenager to suddenly drop out of high school? The answer: any number of very stressful “trigger” events that occur in their final few months in…
From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: A new Tel Aviv University study published in Child Development finds that the disruptive behavior of an individual child does not encourage similar behavior in their…
From the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main press release: Researchers often observe inadequate parenting, a negative emotional climate and household chaos in families of children with ADHD. A research group at Goethe University Frankfurt and the universities…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Teenagers who interact positively with their family, school and friends are far less likely to smoke, binge drink and use cannabis than peers who fail to identify with…