Child Development: Parental Influence on Development

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  Impact of New Family Forms on Parenting and Child Development

  The structure of families has changed significantly over the last 40 years due to changes in legislation, technology, and societal attitudes.

• Publication

  Broadening Perspectives on the Evolution of Human Paternal Care and Fathers’ Effects on Children

  Unlike most mammals, human fathers cooperate with mothers to care for young to an extraordinary degree. Human paternal care likely evolved alongside our ...

• Publication

  Developmental Effects of Parent–Child Separation

  Parent–child separation occurs for many reasons, both involuntary and voluntary. We review the effects on children and youth of parent–child separation due ...

• Publication

  Treating the growing trauma of family separation

  War, disasters, trafficking and immigration are tearing millions of children from their parents all around the world. A psychologist explores how to help ...

• Publication

  Economics of Child Protection: Maltreatment, Foster Care, and Intimate Partner Violence

  Violence within families and child neglect are strikingly common: 700,000 children are found to be victims of abuse or neglect in the United States each ...

• Video

  Effects of the pandemic on the developing child

  Watch the replay of our live conversation about how Covid-19 and social distancing are affecting children now, and what to expect as we emerge from the pandemic