The father-child bond is important, too Children’s attachment to one parent is no less important than their attachment to the other, but simply different and complementary by Daniel Paquette / April 8, 2020
Children need honest information, rather than to be shielded from reality Parents need to take their children’s concerns seriously and help them deal with what they are seeing and feeling Interview by Laura Millmann / April 6, 2020
Supporting children’s learning at home How parents can complement the work of teachers during the COVID-19 outbreak by Annie Brookman-Byrne / March 19, 2020
Social media and teen mental health: confusing correlation with causation Rather than urging parents and teachers to ban social media use, we should focus on providing young people with the support they need by Kathryn Bates / November 8, 2019
Assessing social and emotional learning at school is crucial but tricky A novel app can provide teachers with information to guide instruction, set personalized student goals, and give parents meaningful feedback by Jelena Obradović / October 25, 2019
Mindfulness in schools: Is it overrated? Scientific evidence mitigates the effectiveness of mindfulness interventions by Jessica Massonnié / October 21, 2019
Do trees make children smarter? It’s complicated. A new paper suggests the relationship between greenery and cognitive development may not be as straightforward as previously thought by Dwyer Gunn / September 30, 2019
Once a bully, always a bully? Investigating whether and how the roles of bully and victim change during adolescence by Laura A. Long and Meeri Kim / September 16, 2019
Do the children of older parents have more behavior problems? New research suggests this is not the case by Mariëlle Zondervan-Zwijnenburg / September 5, 2019
The mystery of childhood mental health Neurobiologist Michael Meaney explains why he is determined to discover how early circumstances might dictate children’s mental health Interview by Helena Pozniak / August 12, 2019
Screen time as story time: Using media with your child Parents can support children’s engagement with media by talking with them about the content by Kate Galvin and Rebecca Dore / May 31, 2019
Technology to help combat loneliness and isolation Lana Yarosh is developing augmented reality solutions to facilitate interactions when families are separated Interview by Sabine Gysi / May 2, 2019
