Latina teenagers in the United States spend more time with their parents and siblings than do teenagers in other racial/ethnic groups and Latino teenagers. As Latino/a youth make up an increasing share...
Communication involves more than words. There is strong evidence that gestures used with speech enhance comprehension of the listener and help the speaker communicate. Children, especially, rely on gestures to express their...
Maria Ojala, associate professor in psychology at Örebro University, Sweden, has been examining how young people think, feel, cope, learn, and communicate about climate change. She has explored how climate change anxiety...
A new study from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom compared primary caregiver fathers, primary caregiver mothers, and dual earner mother/father couples. The researchers found no statistically significant differences in parenting quality,...
Scientists tell us that we have entered a period of climate chaos as greenhouse gases raise global temperatures and destabilize atmospheric systems that have maintained Earth as a habitable planet. Uncertainty about...
Researchers, practitioners, and programs from international organizations increasingly emphasize the importance of understanding how parenting and child development are influenced by cultural contexts. This understanding can help practitioners and policymakers develop and...
In a study of about 900 African American families in the U.S. states of Iowa and Georgia, involved, vigilant parenting during middle childhood protected children from the negative impacts of experiencing racial...
Resilience has been defined as a positive adaptation in response to adversity. Two researchers, Hamidah Mahdiani (University of Mainz, Germany) and Michael Ungar (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada), have pointed to the risks...
