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Relationships to parents, friendship quality, socioeconomic status, and puberty onset are all linked to both cognitive and well-being outcomes. [Delia Fuhrmann, Anne-Laura van Harmelen and Rogier [...]

The present trends, alongside the lack of sustainable resourcing strategies, will put considerable constraints on public finances in low- and middle-income countries. [UNICEF Office of Research – [...]

The COVID-19 context has created the most severe disruption to education systems in recent history. [Meliza González, Tianna Loose, Maite Liz, Mónica Pérez, Juan I. Rodríguez- Vinçon, Clementina [...]

This study demonstrates the causal impact of a poverty reduction intervention on early childhood brain activity. [Sonya V. Troller-Renfreea et al. – PNAS, 1 February 2022.] READ MORE

Child-development researchers are investigating whether the pandemic is shaping early brain development and behaviour. [Melinda Wenner Moyer – Nature, 13 January 2022.] READ MORE

Strong social-emotional skills have been found to impact children’s development and later success. [David Hansen, Kelsey McCoy – Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families [...]

Children born during the pandemic have significantly reduced verbal, motor, and overall cognitive performance compared to children born pre-pandemic. [Sean CL Deoni, Jennifer Beauchemin, [...]

In 2020, the number of newborns in China was only 12 million. The cost of parenting covers other aspects besides the direct costs of child raising, including housing, healthcare, education, and [...]

Adult millennial children report feeling increasingly out of touch with their parents when it comes to important family issues. Major health diagnoses go unshared, news of a loved one’s passing [...]

Mothers and fathers risk passing down this tendency to the next generation, creating a pattern of dissatisfaction. […] Many other-oriented perfectionists appear to perceive themselves as [...]