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Overprotectiveness, overcontrolling, and over-permissive are types of overparenting that can affect your child negatively throughout life. [Daniel S. Lobel – Psychology Today, 23 July [...]

Universal early childhood programmes can deliver significant health benefits. [Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL), April 2022.] READ MORE

UNICEF is working with partners across the globe to support the early detection and treatment of children with wasting and other life-threatening forms of malnutrition. [UNICEF, 27 May 2022.] READ MORE

The paper acknowledges the relevance and interplay of the family and other socialisation agents such as the media and nature, with children to shape sustainable behaviors. [A. R. Shaheen Hosany, [...]

The official child poverty rate is about the same today as in 1967. It stood at 17% in 1967 – just about the same as in 2020. In many recent years the rate hovered even higher – around 20%. [The [...]

The committee of Solidarity at the Egyptian Parliament approved recently the budget of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood. [Egypt Today, 19 May 2022.] READ MORE

The evidence points to a clear role of social protection instruments across the lifecycle, and their combined power to reduce the drivers of child labour through a system-wide approach. [ILO and [...]

It is a process where an adult helps a child manage a task that they couldn’t otherwise manage on their own. [Christian Dashiell – Fatherly, 22 April 2022.] READ MORE

Reconstituted households tend to be poorer, which is associated with worse behavioral and developmental outcomes. [Alba Lanau – Journal of Family Issues, 24 November 2021.] READ MORE