In the fall of 2021, Democrats pushed to establish a national paid leave program under the Build Back Better Act, an initiative that would guarantee paid family and sick leave to U.S. workers. The bill faltered in the Senate ...
Apr 18, 2022
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A recent study from North Carolina State University underscores the feedback loop between racism, stress and anti-racist activism in young Black people. Specifically, the study highlights that experiencing racism is stressful ...
Mar 17, 2022
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Results from a new study published today in Child Development provide the first longitudinal evidence about the trajectories of sensory reactivity patterns during early childhood among a large community sample with diverse ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Having a child with a disability or a developmental delay is often a stressful experience for a family. Siblings in such families may be exposed to greater stress and challenges. There is little research about the positive ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Containing the COVID-19 pandemic depends on the degree to which people exhibit prosocial behavior— behavior that benefits others. We wear masks to protect ourselves, but also our neighbors. We get vaccines to stop the spread ...
Jan 5, 2022
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A new study from Tel Aviv University found that interaction between mothers and their toddlers is reduced by a factor of four when the mothers use their smartphones, which might damage the toddler's development and have even ...
Dec 15, 2021
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To become healthy and successful adults, children need to persist on tasks that they might not necessarily consider easy or fun, like studying, exercising, or brushing one's teeth. Throughout childhood, persistence behavior ...
Dec 14, 2021
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The foundation for social communication is present from birth, with newborns preferring to orient to faces over non-faces and caregivers over strangers. Between 9-12 months of age, infants develop other social communication ...
Nov 17, 2021
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Humans are in a constant need to regulate how they feel to successfully navigate the challenges of everyday life. Emotion regulation, from managing feelings in a long line at the grocery store to those needed for work and ...
Nov 17, 2021
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Although the COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted all our work and living arrangements, one thing particularly stood out for dads. During the nationwide lockdowns, fathers ditched the office and came home in their millions. ...
Nov 8, 2021
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