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Mothers' behavior during playtime linked to young children's engagement with them, researcher says

Researchers long have evaluated the roles parents play in children's development. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that mothers' directiveness, the extent to which they try to control the content ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Analyzing babies' expressions could help children at risk for developmental disorders

Parents and babies smile, laugh and coo at each other, but scientists still have a lot of questions about how these interactions help infants develop.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nearly half of preschoolers lack one parent-supervised playtime per day

Parents reported that about half of the preschoolers in a nationally representative sample did not have at least one parent-supervised outdoor playtime per day, according to a report published Online First by Archives of ...

Health created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0