Music may help to connect children to one another and their new place – if it is well chosen Sharing the Load is a column about parenting children of all ages Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It’s the first...
Boys exposed to violent screen content in the preschool years were more likely to become antisocial and violent themselves a decade later, in their mid-teens, a new study shows.
Court in Murcia region says woman should get 32 weeks of leave – the amount given to a couple – rather than 16 weeks A court in Spain has ruled that a single mother is entitled to the parental leave that would have been due her partner –...
From showers to unlocked rooms, types of spaces offered to mothers wanting to express have been a source of dismay An employment judge has ruled that a healthcare worker suffered “harassment related to sex” after a suitable private space...
Parents share how they’re getting through the summer break without relying on extra screen time The adage about days feeling long when you’re a parent never feels truer than during the summer holidays, when the bickering, screen...
It just led to him recreating its annoying content offline My son is holding forth at the kitchen table. He says lasagne is A-tier, but spaghetti and meatballs are B. My wife and I had entered this conversation ambivalently, but things...
A new study found that younger siblings generally receive more favorable treatment from parents. Meanwhile, older siblings are often granted more autonomy, and parents are less controlling towards them as they grow up.
International research also reveals conscientious or agreeable children are likely to receive preferential treatment As Philip Larkin once noted, your mum and dad have a lasting effect on you. Now, researchers have revealed which...
Psychologists have found that people who occupy this place in the birth order are more honest and humble than their older and younger siblings. But there are, of course, exceptions ... Name : Middle children. Age: Well, it varies,...
We’d like to hear from women about how easy – or difficult – it has been to express milk at work. How supportive has your employer been? We’d like to find out more about women’s experiences of expressing breast milk in the workplace or...
Judge rules health board failed to provide a ‘secure and relaxed’ space for Robyn Gibbins at work A healthcare worker has won a claim of harassment against an NHS health board after she was not provided with a suitable private space to...
Government urged to introduce universal right of bereavement leave as ‘time to grieve’ early pregnancy loss Women who suffer a miscarriage should get two weeks of paid leave from work so they can mourn the loss of their baby, an...
Believe it or not, you know more about babies than you think – and try to have fun with your mum and dad. Advice from the experts for the ‘sandwich generation’ My father doesn’t give much advice, which is a bit of a pisser considering he...
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s bold new film about a woman who falls in love and then gets an ovarian cancer diagnosis tackles messy questions about motherhood most films won’t touch The premise of Florence Pugh and Andrew...
Experts share thrifty tips for avoiding a new-year blowout – from shopping late and sharing items to applying for grants and embracing secondhand Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free...
The notion that it’s bad to be brought up without siblings should be banished for good When I was growing up, only children were generally regarded as unfortunate souls; lonely, socially clumsy and often bullied. Partly, this was because...
Parents must frequently say no to their own wants and needs to help their child flourish – and grow into a wonderful adult Read more in our Making sense of it series I believe power trips and parenting should never mix, so I freaked out...
In an extract from their unflinching memoir, Christie Watson and daughter Rowan Egberongbe recall the post-Covid psychological collapse that fractured their bond, and how social media was both the hero and villain of the hour “ Can you...
Looking at a sepia-tinged picture of my grandmother, she has the kind of face you don’t see any more The photo shows my grandmother. She’s among the adults at the back, fourth from right, peeping out from a row of old-timey faces. The...
The birth of a baby boy on a dangerously overcrowded refugee boat should be a wake-up call to all of us It has become something of a cliche to compare modern photographic compositions to Renaissance paintings, but that is what I thought...
I’ll never stop trying, but parents and childfree people both have to work hard to maintain a community We’d been riding our mountain bikes and chatting for a solid half-hour when my friend casually said: “Oh yeah, I’m pregnant.” She...
Whether it’s oat, bone, sand or fawn, this colour palette has a strong anaesthetising effect – and it has become the leading fashion and interiors style of our era It’s not that 39-year-old Mina Tran wants a life completely devoid of...
A new study adds to the growing body of evidence on the cognitive benefits of speaking multiple languages, finding that multilingualism not only enhances general cognitive abilities but also may help reduce certain symptoms and bolster...
A new study shows that an app can help parents who are mourning the loss of a child. Parents who used the app for three months reported reduced symptoms of prolonged grief and post-traumatic stress, and also had fewer negative thoughts....
Almost three quarters of adolescents in Australia experience clinically significant depression or anxiety symptoms, with most being chronic, according to a new study. And preventive strategies outside our clinics are urgently required to...
Novel research shows that a reduced neural response to receiving rewards in teens predicts the first onset of depression, but not anxiety or suicidality. This is independent of pre-existing depressive or anxiety symptoms, as well as age...
When young children's behavior becomes challenging, many parents resort to threats -- from taking away toys to threatening that Santa will skip their house, a national poll suggests.
In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side effects.
New research shows that mothers have twice the impact on language exposure, challenging traditional parenting advice. In a new study, researchers found that there wasn't a single strategy that could be singled out as 'best' to raise a...
Researchers found that adolescents with more symptoms of gaming addiction showed lower brain activity in the region involved in decision-making and reward processing; this blunted response to reward anticipation is associated with higher...
Teens who think their parents use cannabis are more likely to hold favorable attitudes toward the drug and to consider trying it themselves, according to a new study. The research also reveals that parental monitoring and the closeness...
A Canadian study reveals that allophone children often face learning and communication difficulties in kindergarten, which can negatively impact their educational journey.
Children of mothers who took certain anti-seizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study.
Infants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling, have higher levels of the hormone oxytocin, finds a new study.
New research challenges views on screen time, revealing factors such as parental mental health and the type of screen being used may have some impact on child development.
Parents are much less likely to intervene when their young children are getting dressed or performing other simple chores if those tasks are framed as learning opportunities, according to a new study.
Adolescents who snore frequently were more likely to exhibit behavior problems such as inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression, but they do not have any decline in their cognitive abilities, according to a new study. This is the...
Preschool children who struggle to control their emotions and behaviour have more symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- known as ADHD -- at age seven, a study suggests. Children aged between three and seven who are...
Unlike kids in the United States, hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin have often learned how to hunt, identify edible plants and care for babies by the tender age of six or seven. This rapid learning is facilitated by a unique...
Some parents may find it challenging to help their kids manage intense emotions. One in seven think their child gets angrier than peers of the same age and four in 10 say their child has experienced negative consequences when angry, a...
New research found that the use of standardized autism screening during pediatric well-child visits identifies more children with high autism likelihood at a younger age, including those presenting with more subtle symptoms.
A consistent bedtime may be more important to a child's ability to control their emotions and behavior than the duration or quality of their sleep, according to a new publication.
With its emphasis on opioid overdose prevention, the first guideline for primary care providers from the American Academy of Pediatrics on prescribing opioids for acute pain in children and adolescents extends beyond responsible pain...
CBT for insomnia significantly reduces postpartum depression symptoms, directly and indirectly, by improving mood and alleviating insomnia throughout treatment.
Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. Researchers have found that babies given ACS had notably smaller volumes of two key brain regions, the bilateral amygdalae and...
A new study, using responses from the U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, has found that about 6 percent of pregnant women reported using marijuana during the last month, and many did not associate it with health risks.
As cannabis is legalized and is more accessible in various forms across the country, there is increasing concern among health care providers about potential impact on children. Researchers have new findings to add to the existing...