Tag: parenting

Study suggests media literacy can improve child nutrition, family relationships

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 »

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

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 suggests how we perceive close relationships with others determines our willingness to share food

From the University of Kansas press release: In the midst of a global pandemic, a lot of people rightly will be reluctant to offer food from their plate to another… Read more »

Study suggests where you live may influence your baby’s behaviour

From the Washington State University press release: Infants from rural families tend to display negative emotions such as anger and frustration more frequently than their urban counterparts, according to a… Read more »

Study suggests children have very precise expectations about adults’ communicative actions

From the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona press release: Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at… Read more »

Study suggests connectedness to nature makes children happier

From the Frontiers press release: A new study in Frontiers in Psychology, led by Dr Laura Berrera-Hernández and her team at the Sonora Institute of Technology (ITSON), has shown for the first time… Read more »

Study suggests that a new child can spark jealousy in needy partners

From the Ohio State University press release: A new child can spark feelings of jealousy in a person who already fears being abandoned by his or her partner, research suggests…. Read more »

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

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 »

Study suggests parents’ relationship with each other shapes children’s lives

From the University of Michigan press release: Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children, but a new study shows that when spouses… Read more »

Study suggests stress in small children separated from their parents may alter genes

From the SAGE press release: Experts in the emotional needs of small children say increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol in babies and small children who are separated from… Read more »