Dec. 8, 2023 Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life is proven to protect both mother and child health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 2015 and 2021, 48% of mothers ...
Dec. 1, 2023 Phonetic information -- the smallest sound elements of speech -- may not be the basis of language learning in babies as previously thought. Babies don't begin to process phonetic information ...
Dec. 1, 2023 According to a new study B-12 vitamins increase the presence of the micronutrient in mothers' breast milk, which is especially helpful in countries where it can be difficult to eat what is ...
Nov. 30, 2023 Four in five primary caregivers of nine-month-old babies reported cuddling, talking and playing with their little one several times a day, in the first national long-term study of babies in over two ...
Nov. 30, 2023 Skin-to-skin contact between parent and infant during the first hours after a very premature birth helps develop the child's social skills. The study also shows that fathers may play a more ...
Nov. 27, 2023 Whether infants at five months of age look mostly at faces or non-social objects such as cars or mobile phones is largely determined by genes. The findings suggest that there is a biological basis ...
Nov. 22, 2023 A new piece of research looks at the challenges faced by adopted people when they become parents. The study investigated the lived experiences of adopted people in the UK as they become parents. ...
Nov. 7, 2023 A team of researchers has found that slightly higher, but mild anxious or depressive symptoms in fathers were associated with fewer behavioral difficulties in the first years of elementary school and ...
Oct. 26, 2023 New research shows that children who are too short for their age can suffer reduced cognitive ability from as early as six months old. Researchers compared the 'visual working memory' in ...
Oct. 19, 2023 Whether a mouse is a good or bad parent can be traced back to imprinted genes in key neurons in the 'parenting hub' in the brain, according to a new ...
Oct. 17, 2023 Scientists examining the evolutionary roots of language say they've discovered chimp vocal development is not far off from ...
Oct. 12, 2023 There is evidence that some form of conscious experience is present by birth, and perhaps even in late pregnancy, an international team of researchers has ...
Sep. 28, 2023 Grandparent childcare for toddlers doesn’t have an impact on the wellbeing of their mothers, a new study ...
Sep. 27, 2023 A new study shows that babies learn to imitate others because they themselves are imitated by ...
Sep. 18, 2023 Fundamental questions of agency -- acting with purpose -- have perplexed some of the greatest minds in history including Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Now, human babies provide groundbreaking ...
Sep. 7, 2023 Children of a parent with alcohol or drug use disorder have a greater risk of intellectual disability, even if the problem only lies with the father, researchers report. According to the study, ...
Sep. 5, 2023 Nineteen-month-old toddlers already use natural logical thinking, even before they learn to speak, to deal with uncertainties about the world. This natural logic contributes to their learning ...
Aug. 31, 2023 New research has shown how a complex component of milk that can be added to infant formula has been shown to confer long-term cognitive benefits, including measures of intelligence and executive ...
Aug. 15, 2023 Modern day parenting pressures and expectations are leading to the death knell for children enjoying spontaneous play, according to a new ...
Aug. 9, 2023 In a small, exploratory study, levels of certain types of microbes in babies' guts were shown to be associated with performance in tests of early cognitive ...