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Mental health improved during the early months of COVID-19 for most youth...

...but not for Hispanic or gender non-binary youth.

Research by @suniya_luthar , Lisa S. Pao, Nina L. Kumar.

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80% of the death, injury and illness caused by climate change will happen TO CHILDREN, say scientists.

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Addressing the impact on children’s social skills when parents are mentally unwell or highly controlling is important. https://t.co/M5TJtC5H11

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When a father supports a toddler’s autonomy, the child is likely to show better executive function at the age of five and so be readier for school. https://t.co/CFMHngVicf

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A parental support program in Pakistan that excluded fathers helped their parenting anyway. https://t.co/51ictv0EfZ

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A new study has found that how well a baby manages emotions is not just influenced by the quality of parenting but even more so by the mother’s and father’s practice of "mind mindedness" during the first year. https://t.co/uSO7PMHx6d

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The children’s reaction to the toys for boys / toys for girls branding was not as expected. Girls actually learned more about engineering from the toy for boys, and boys learned more about engineering from the toy for girls. https://t.co/eeDfXEv8Ay

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How is empathy developed in toddlers? This is an important issue for later social development in children – greater empathy in toddlerhood is linked to later popularity, friendship quality and social competence. https://t.co/pIgsoOgnTH

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For every level of trauma children of divorce report, how they cope in the rest of their lives is likely to be less if they have low self-esteem. https://t.co/j9ADOvdLxs

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Income inequality makes a bigger difference to child cognitive development in USA than other countries? Why? https://t.co/BRgyCHqpxM

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Research into moral development in children finds that children who react more strongly against stories of moral violations show less aggressive behavior. https://t.co/eCIhNSWOaL

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Audio-visual technologies promise toddlers’-eye views of early childhood development https://t.co/Ee8Taxo0i1

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Talking to toddlers, while they play, transforms language development in early childhood https://t.co/LYfYDORYlv

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Parental talk can promote language development in children and beat poverty’s damage. https://t.co/JfuGqO4WeN

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The demise of corporal punishment is slow because of lack of clarity about effectiveness of different forms of child discipline. https://t.co/xpSz0dtajV

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A family systems approach to parental alienation is recommended, involving victims and perpetrator. https://t.co/QrvpkZwrkd

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Child attachment to father stronger when fathers cares for his toddler on working days https://t.co/uoPkOdxVEK

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Early learning: children’s inattention is often smart https://t.co/O9hDm6Q4J4