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Video gaming and attention difficulties
Do children who spend a significant amount of time playing video games experience attention difficulties as a consequence?
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What do children know about wisdom?
A new study reported on our Research Digest looks at what children understand by wisdom and how this changes as they get older.
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Angry parents harm children's behaviour
A child's behaviour may be negatively impacted when their parents are easy to anger or quick to over-react.
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Parents should not push children too hard
Parents should refrain from pushing their children to excel at all costs, new research has suggested. A study from Michigan State University found high-achieving Chinese students are often more anxious and depressed than their peers.
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Imaginative children more prone to anxiety
Imaginative children may be more prone to anxiety attacks, a new book has suggested.
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Babies know a joke when they hear it
Babies can tell when their parents are telling a joke according to research published in the Society’s British Journal of Developmental Psychology.
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Good friends help boys behave better
The behaviour of children may be improved if they form high-quality friendships in their early years, new research has suggested.
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The long-term gains from good childcare
The benefits of receiving high-quality childcare can be felt by the recipients years later, new research has suggested.
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The mental health of looked after children
Stigma continues to surround the mental health of looked after children and young people, new research has highlighted.
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New school aims to keep boys dancing
The Class Free School, a proposed new 'free school', hopes to encourage boys aged 11 to 16 who may have taken ballet classes at primary school and want to keep dancing into their teens.
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Daycare could be harmful to children
Parents who send their children to daycare could be harming their kids as a result. This is the suggestion of a new report entitled Who Cares?
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When depressed mothers give birth to thriving babies
Shelves of evidence show the long-term, adverse consequences for an embryo of having a mother who is stressed or malnourished during pregnancy.
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Babies become fatter when spoon-fed
Parents who choose to spoon feed their babies may find their little ones grow fatter as a result.
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Motherly love boosts childrens' memory
Motherly love and attention at a young age could result in a child's memory being boosted significantly, new research has suggested.
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Positive parenting could tackle obesity
Obesity could be successfully tackled as a result of positive parenting during a child's early years.
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Early help can stop excessive drinking
Dangerous drinking among young people could be prevented through early intervention.
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Siblings not always harmonious
The relationship between siblings is not always harmonious - and in many cases family members can drift apart in later life.
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Early years provision is patchy says report
A high take-up nationally of education for three- and four-year-olds has been sustained, but there are wide variations in both take-up and access to high quality provision depending on where children live, according to a report published today by
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Attentive pupils do better in their careers
Children who are attentive at a young age are likely to develop good work-oriented skills in later life, new research has suggested.
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Family and school influence achievement
Children's academic achievement can be affected by both instability in the home and the type of school they attend.
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Teens more susceptible to depression
People in their teens may be more susceptible to conditions such as depression and addiction, new research has found.
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New healthy eating guide for youngsters
Parents and guardians may be encouraged to instil healthier eating habits in children with the help of newly-published guidelines. The School Food Trust has introduced the recommendations for preschool children in an attempt to reduce obesity.
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Babies know when you make a mistake
Our Research Digest has news of a study looking at the role of prosody in the ability of infants to infer whether an adult intended to perform an a
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The brothers and sisters of children with autism
A groundbreaking study into the experiences of attending a group which supports brothers and sisters of children with autism is being presented at the Society's Division of Educational Psychology Annual Professional Development Event in Stratford-
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Educational psychology event held in Stratford
The Society's Division of Educational and Child Psychology is holding its annual professional development event at the Holi
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