From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release: The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that as many as 2 to 3 percent of children ages 6-12 might have major depressive disorder. Now, researchers at…
From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: If you’re a parent who feels your college-age children would choose their friends over you, a new UCLA psychology study has a reassuring message: You’re…
From the American Psychological Association press release: When people are rude to their coworkers or treat them badly, they probably don’t realize the unintended victims in that encounter could be the coworkers’ children. Women who…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Young children who are regularly engaged in conversation by adults may have stronger connections between two developing brain regions critical for language, according to a study of healthy…
From the Wiley press release: New research reveals that mothers hold similar views and attitudes when parenting their first and second children, but their parenting behaviors with their two children differ. In the study, published…
From the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences press release: A new study finds that severe childhood trauma and stresses early in parents’ lives are linked to higher rates of behavioral health problems…
From the University of Washington press release: For the millions of Americans who work “nonstandard” shifts — evenings, nights or with rotating days off — the schedule can be especially challenging with children at home.…
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: Children as young as 3 can be clinically depressed, and often that depression recurs as kids get older and go to school. It also can reappear…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Children who are exposed to hostile, escalating conflicts between parents are at increased risk for developing mental health problems. However, many children from homes marked…
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Young children are more likely to behave aggressively if they think other children want to hurt them — for example, when they interpret accidental bumps…