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19 Jun 2013 A University of Manchester student is carrying out research to explore the parenting needs of families raising their children in refugee camps after fleeing the violence in Syria.

Long before Amy Chua's provocative 2011 memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, raised the bar for tough-love parenting, psychologists at UC Berkeley were studying the effects of three kinds of child-rearing: authoritarian (too hard), permissive (too soft) and authoritative (combo).

Psychologist Julie Poehlmann worked as an advisor for "Sesame Street" on developing materials that will help children who have a parent who is incarcerated.

A combination of family-focused and school-based programs teach parents and children the skills they need to build better relationships and limit exposure to substance use. AMES, Iowa - Prevention is often the best medicine, not only for physical health, but also public health, according to researchers at Penn State and Iowa State University.

King's College London, in partnership with the Science Museum and BP, has today launched Enterprising Science , the largest UK-wide science learning programme of its kind.

By Lisa Lapin The Stanford faculty is more diverse today than it was five years ago, and programs to recruit and develop a more diverse professoriate are contributing to gradual growth in the number of underrepresented minority faculty members.

With research and programs aimed at changing risky behaviors, Penn State's Prevention Research Center promotes well-being in children, teens, and families.

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ANN ARBOR-Children of depressed parents pick up on their parents' sadness-whether mom or dad realizes their mood or not. A new University of Michigan study indicates that children who have at least one parent suffering from depression are very skilled at picking up on facial cues. Boys living in this environment are highly sensitive to facial expressions of sadness, said Nestor Lopez-Duran, assistant professor of psychology and one the study's authors.

By Richard North 14 May 2013 Chidren with asthma in India are being prevented from receiving effective treatment by a range of widely-held myths and misconceptions, says a University of Sydney study.

MADISON - Groundbreaking research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the focus of the new documentary film, "Free the Mind," which debuts in Madison tomorrow, May 15.

There may have been no fizzy lifting drinks or scrumdiddlyumptious bars at the University of Chicago's "Science on the Screen" showing of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at the Kersten Physi

When Women & Gender Studies started at U of'T in 1971, there was no way to predict how it would be received: women's studies was not considered to be a field of study, and the 'great ferment' of the 60's had created a new playing field where the rules had yet to be written.

University College London (UCL) and the London Borough of Newham (LBN) have today announced that whilst UCL remains committed to Stratford as the location for its new university quarter, it has not been possible for the two parties to reach an agreement regarding the Carpenters Estate.

Posted under: Health and Medicine , Research , Science , Technology , Uncategorized , UW and the Community In June 2011 Dr. Alisa Hideg was a 42-year-old mother and family physician in the pri

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have examined why large numbers of children and young people sometimes don't take their medication, despite suffering from a range of chronic and potentially life-threatening illnesses. Many children and young people regularly miss doses of medication for a longstanding illness, with adherence rates as low as just 25% among some groups.

It takes equal parts vision and passion to pioneer a new literary genre. U of'T anthropology professor Hilary Cunningham recently celebrated the release of her eco-gothic novel, Perdita , with a book launch at Massey College.

High quality the key for children in care, says Sussex academic What matters most for children in care is the quality and stability of their placements and relationships, says a University of Sussex academic who has contributed to a national investigation into how best to provide stable and permanent homes for these children.

Parents of children with cleft lip and/or palate, or people who were born with a cleft lip and/or palate themselves are being asked to consider taking part in a new research study to develop an online resource for families and individuals affected by this condition. The research is being led by Dr Andrea Waylen at the University of Bristol's School of Oral and Dental Sciences.

Altering parents' and teachers' notion of risk taking behaviour can significantly increase children's physical activity suggests a study lead by University of Sydney researchers.

Large helpers (nannies) in a cichlid fish allow the dominant male and female to reduce their personal contribution to their offspring and territory, according to new research published today in Functional Ecology .

Low-income elementary school students who participated in a San Mateo County preschool program in California performed as well as - and at times better than - their peers who, for the most part, attended private preschool, a new Stanford study reveals.

James Hinks is a PhD student in the University of Liverpool's Department of History , working on 19th Century debates around childcare "The controversial Daily Mail headline (03/04/13) proclaimed tha

ANN ARBOR-You're not done with high school when you go to college, according to a new study of student culture.

ANN ARBOR-Children as young as 3 years old understand they should share with others, but they fail to follow this rule until age 7 or 8, according to a new University of Michigan study. "There is abundant evidence that children are aware of fairness standards at a young age, yet young children often allocate resources unfairly when they stand to benefit," said Craig Smith, a U-M postdoctoral psychology researcher and the study's lead author.

New parents trying to find sleep strategies and tools to get a bit more shut-eye in the first 12 weeks postpartum will have to keep looking, says new research from Assistant Professor Robyn Stremler of Bloomberg Nursing. The study, Effect of a behavioural-educational intervention on sleep in primiparous women and their infants in early postpartum: multisite randomised controlled trial , appears online in BMJ ( British Medical Journal ).

Six days before her due date,a pregnant Seattle woman learned during a routine doctor's appointment that her baby no longer had a heartbeat.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Even parents who have had no with child welfare agencies believe negative stereotypes about social workers and the likely outcomes of abuse or neglect investigations, misconceptions that complicate agencies' efforts to engage parents in interventions. However, a new study suggests that training workers in communication and relationship-building skills, and ensuring that their caseloads are reasonable so they can spend adequate time with clients, could be as vital for Child Protective Services agencies as training workers about their statutory responsibilities.

Teaching children about the environment can affect the knowledge and behaviour of their parents, according to new research.

AUSTIN, Texas — Teenagers who believe people can't change react more aggressively to peer conflicts than those who think people can change. And teaching them that people have the potential to change can reduce these aggressive reactions, according to a new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin.

Why and when young children lie are just some of the insights into human development found in new studies from U of T's Kang Lee - research that's grabbing headlines around the world. In January, the University Distinguished Professor with the University of Toronto's Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study published a major study on lying, in Developmental Psychology which sparked widespread attention.

A competition designed to help adults understand how children and young people use social media and online games is being launched by University of Sussex researchers on 01 February 2013.

The University of Bristol's Norah Fry Research Centre has been awarded £200,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for a new project that aims to help parents with learning disabilities obtain better support.

By Spring Chenoa Cooper and Cristyn Davis. First published in The Conversation. January 2013 In the fields of gender, sexuality, and sexual health research, it's a no-brainer that sex education should start early, and that sex should be discussed often - both in schools and at home.

A tool which could help identify language delays in infants in the UK is being developed by psychologists at the Universities of Liverpool, Lancaster and Lincoln. UK language experts rely upon complex methods of testing child language development, or on methods designed for American English speakers which can lead to UK babies being misdiagnosed as having a language development problem.

Poor mentoring can be worse than no mentoring for vulnerable young people. That's one of the insights for teachers provided by the revamped Sutton Trust-Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit launched today. The updated Toolkit, developed by a team of academics at Durham University led by Steve Higgins, shows how schools can best use their resources to provide the biggest possible increases in pupils' learning.

Increasing the minimum school leaving age had a positive effect on the educational attainment of future generations, according to research published today [16 Jan].