From the Nanyang Technological University press release: “If you don’t behave, I’ll call the police,” is a lie that parents might use to get their young children to behave. Parents’ lies elicit compliance in the…
From the University of Plymouth press release: New research has shown how parental engagement has a positive effect on a child’s academic attainment — regardless of age or socio-economic status. The study, conducted by the…
From the Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan press release: It’s an age-old debate: are time-outs bad for kids? Now, a new study suggests that despite sometimes getting a bad rap in the news, the…
From the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology press release: A large study has shown that children of mothers who are anxious during pregnancy and in the first few years of the child’s life have twice the…
From the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health press release: Positive childhood experiences, such as supportive family interactions, caring relationships with friends, and connections in the community, are associated with reductions in chances of…
From the Flinders University press release: Parents should help their children with better sleep patterns, along with any problem behavioural issues, because this can lead to severe insomnia in middle age, a groundbreaking new study…
From the Elsevier press release: Although food preferences are largely learned, dislike is the main reason parents stop offering or serving their children foods like vegetables. A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published…
From the University of Cambridge press release: Mothers who are dissatisfied with their male partners spend more time talking to their infants — but only if the child is a boy, according to a new…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When the daily stress of parenting becomes chronic it can turn into parental burnout, an intense exhaustion that leads parents to feel detached from their children and…
From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release: With school in full swing, many parents might be considering how to get more involved with their child’s schooling. Parent involvement and support can be beneficial for students…