Plans to extend the school day to increase achievement might not have the desired effect on all children, depending on the gender suggests the results of a study.
Date Posted: April 1, 2016
Categories: Academic Issues, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Slow-wave sleep - the deeper sleep during which the brain turns each day's events into permanent memories - is fragmented in adulthood in people exposed to high levels of alcohol in the womb.
Feb 29
Categories: Child Development, Depression, Learning Difficulties, Mood Swings / ...
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Some parents always try to hide their negative emotions and amplify their positive emotions.
Feb 29
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Parenting
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Since 2010, more than 613,000 people have pledged to combat bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) teens as part of the "It Gets Better" campaign. And a new Northwestern Medicine study has found that most adolescents would agree ...
Feb 10
Categories: Child Development, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) ...
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New research finds that a disadvantaged environment can prevent genetics from doing its job.
Dec 30
Categories: Child Development
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When you hear the word “Christmas”, what are the first five words that instantly pop into your head? This was the question asked in a new study that led researchers to suggest that differences in food parenting styles for special occasions, may ...
Dec 26
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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Money can make youngsters as little as three years old work harder, but there’s evidence it can also make them less charitable.
Dec 12
Categories: Child Development
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An increasing proportion of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are undergoing recommended evaluation in preschool years, but population rates of ASD remain higher in eight than four year-olds, a new study reports.
Dec 12
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child Development
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Don’t amuse your kids into creative impotence. Constant amusement inhibits imagination. Let them be bored.
Nov 27
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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A study of seven countries shows that all children hate getting less than their peers, but only some hate getting more.
Nov 23
Categories: Child Development, Values Clarification
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…and if you weren’t mom’s favourite, there’s is an unexpected upside.
Nov 21
Categories: Adult psychological development, Child Development, Parenting
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The daughters, but not the sons, of women who give birth at age 30 or older are more likely to experience symptoms of depression as young adults, according to new research. The age of the father at birth is not a factor.
Nov 18
Categories: Adult psychological development, Child Development, Parenting
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Practice makes perfect. But what is it about practice that helps our brains figure out the specific task while also generalizing enough to transfer the skill to different scenarios?
Nov 9
Categories: Child Development
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In line with Freudian concepts, a new study has found that self-esteem could be set at a surprisingly young age.
Nov 7
Categories: Child Development, Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem
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Contrary to popular belief, an individual's personality is only slightly affected by their birth position among siblings, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Oct 27
Categories: Child Development
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One way to look at this is that stressful conditions don’t lessen you so much as condition you.
Oct 15
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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New evidence shows the calming power of reminiscing about happy times
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