A group of international researchers examined parental methods to help toddlers sleep across 14 cultures and found that these methods are related to the development of a child’s temperament. The ...

Key points Some child temperament characteristics can pose challenges for parenting effectively. It's important that parents build strong, positive relationships and manage their own emotional ...

This research examined alternative mechanisms in the etiology of attachment disorganization. The authors hypothesized that negative intrusive parenting would significantly predict children's ...

A group of international researchers examined parental methods to help toddlers sleep across 14 cultures and found that these methods are related to the development of a child's temperament. The ...

Imagine two children from the same family: One child is loud, outgoing and always on the run, while the other is content to sit and read a book, likes to stick to a schedule and is usually quiet. If ...

Child Development, Vol. 88, No. 4, SPECIAL SECTION: Positive Youth Development in Diverse and Global Contexts (JULY/AUGUST 2017), pp. 1057-1062 (6 pages) In Turkey, responsive behaviors toward kin are ...

“Professor Putnam is a developmental psychologist whose work focuses on a fascinating question of how biological and ...

Lead author Sehyun Ju, a graduate student in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois, explored how biological, psychological, and social factors influence childhood appetite ...

I often hear from parents that common parenting advice hasn’t worked well with their children, or that what was effective with one child did not seem to work with another child. This often comes up ...