Research from King's College London has shown for the first time that genetics plays a significant role in whether young adults choose to...

A huge gap in thinking about child development is peer-to-peer relationships. Humans are pack animals and children immediately identify...

Attendance at a nursery/crèche staffed by professionals may be linked to better psychological development than being looked after by...

Perhaps nothing illustrates my general thesis that laughter is not about happiness but power more than the Dad Joke. The cheesy often...

If you're a parent who feels your college-age children would choose their friends over you, a new UCLA psychology study has a reassuring...

Working with families I always emphasis that parenting is not the fixed attribute inherent within the parent. Parenting is determined by...

Researchers have conducted one of the largest surveys of people's first memories, finding that nearly 40 per cent of people had a first...

When educators and coaches make kids feel like they matter, it reduces delinquency and destructive behavior. A new study led by a...

Practitioners of a particular persuasion often take um-bridge at the idea that too much parental involvement can be a bad thing. This is...

People are often surprised when I explore the history of childhood, and by default parenting, when exploring child development. The role...

In lectures I often discuss the role of peer socialization on child development. This recent review in The Conversation caught my eye as...

Babies are not blank slates. Lecturing on child and adolescent development I often describe babies as being pre-loaded with systems that...

The brains of adolescents react more responsively to receiving rewards. This can lead to risky behaviour, but, according to Leiden...

Infographic courtesy of Aaron Weintraub In training and lectures on child and adolescent development I explore and discuss the lack...

Forty world experts on child development and mental health have released a joint statement calling for caution when applying an...

In lectures on child development I explore how parenting style is not a fixed quality within the parent. Research demonstrates that...

In lectures I often challenge the idea that self-esteem issues are the root of all young peoples problems. How do children construct...

In lectures on human development people are often surprised when I suggest that the menopause was what made us human. The vast majority...

A recent study at Bath University of 200 teenagers has revealed interesting gender differences between teenage males and females with...

A new study has found what might be the link between the increased risk of developing alcohol problems after exposure to alcohol in the...