The environment in which children grow up can play a central role in their mental development and psychological well-being.

Low-income students who received a preschool intervention focused on social-emotional development continued to benefit from it during their teen years, according to a recent study published in the ...

We tested the hypothesis that children of non-depressed mothers perform better in a developmental test at 3 years than children of depressed mothers. In total, 2098 mother/child dyads were included ...

From a baby's first words to a child's emotional development and family relationships, researchers are examining how fathers ...

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A major Philippine longitudinal study finds nearly 1 in 4 Filipino adolescents falls behind in school by age 18, with poverty ...

The researchers emphasize that these differences are a result of the unique environment for twins—such as sharing parental attention and resources—rather than a reflection of parenting quality. The ...

A new Child Development study from researchers at the University of Virginia provides the first long-term, longitudinal evidence for the transmission of empathic care across three generations: from ...

Every parent wants to help their kids grow up to be happy, fulfilled, independent, and successful (in whatever way their children choose to define success.) The question is, how? Approximately 80 ...

As the parent of a soon-to-be teenager, I can attest that every parent I know is worried about kids and screens. Instead, researchers are forced to observe the real world, which is wildly messy and ...

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A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was ...