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Young adults with strong parent relationships have better long-term health outcomes

Researchers determine how the relationship with their parents affected the long-term health of young adults or adolescents.

26 Mar 2023

New report focuses on promoting safer sleep for babies

Change is needed to the way safer sleep information is communicated, if risks to babies from unsafe sleeping practices are to be reduced, according to a new report from Oxford, UCL, Bristol and Newcastle Universities.

14 Mar 2023

Analysis shows parental sexual orientation does not determine children's development

Sexual minority families—where parental sexual orientation or gender identity is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms—fare as well as, or better than, 'traditional' families with parents of the opposite sex, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

10 Mar 2023

Protective parenting could set your kids up for a healthier life in adulthood

Being a protective parent could set your kids up for a healthier life as an adult, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

28 Feb 2023

Can social media influencers impact pregnancy and parenting?

A systematic review published in the journal Midwifery describes that social media influencers and bloggers can negatively and positively influence pregnant women and new parents and that the exposure may impact early parenting experiences and decision-making.

20 Feb 2023

Clustered lifestyle risk factors linked to poor mental health in early adulthood

Health is related to the outcomes of multiple risk factors that affect physical, mental, and social health. There is, however, little research on how lifestyle-related behaviors affect mental health.

8 Feb 2023

Study provides "nuanced insights into individuals' access to health services during the pandemic

A national study on access to healthcare visits, medicine/medical equipment and community resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, shows disparities related to sociodemographic characteristics, like race, gender, and age.

8 Feb 2023

Voles can form enduring attachments with mates and provide parental care without oxytocin receptors

The vital role of oxytocin-;the "love hormone"-;for social attachments is being called into question. More than forty years of pharmacological and behavioral research has pointed to oxytocin receptor signaling as an essential pathway for the development of social behaviors in prairie voles, humans, and other species, but a genetic study publishing in the journal Neuron on January 27 shows that voles can form enduring attachments with mates and provide parental care without oxytocin receptor signaling.

29 Jan 2023

Biology underlying pair bonding and parenting may not be dictated by oxytocin receptors, study shows

Turning a decades-old dogma on its head, new research from scientists at UC San Francisco and Stanford Medicine shows that the receptor for oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may not play the critical role that scientists have assigned to it for the past 30 years.

27 Jan 2023

'Family Expectations' program benefits expectant parents

The birth of a child is a major life transition, and it can be a stressful time for new parents. Family and relationship education programs are available to help individuals and couples deal with these challenges. But do such programs work as intended?

6 Jan 2023

Working mothers shouldered more of the parenting burden during the pandemic, study finds

A first-of-its-kind study of parents' work arrangements during the pandemic shows that mothers working from home increased their supervisory parenting fully two hours more than fathers did, and women were also more likely to adapt their work schedules to new parenting demands.

3 Jan 2023

Study reveals rise in overweight, obesity among preschool Swedish children during the pandemic

The incidence of overweight and obesity in children aged three and four in Sweden during the pandemic, especially in more deprived areas, a study of just over 25,000 children in three Swedish counties shows.

27 Dec 2022

Cross cultural study shows how maternal behaviors differentially shape infant early life experience

Mothers in the samples from the UK and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting, but while on a group level the experience and development of their infants sometimes aligns with parenting attitudes, surprisingly, it did not always show such variation, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Eve Holden and Katie Slocombe of University of York, UK, and colleagues.

21 Dec 2022

Study reveals changes in alcohol consumption by mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mothers drank alcohol less frequently as the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, according to a small study of Ohio women, but another result was more concerning to researchers.

20 Dec 2022

Using mobile devices to calm upset preschoolers could lead to worse behavior challenges down the road

It's a scene many parents have experienced – just as they're trying to cook dinner, take a phone call or run an errand, their child has a meltdown.

12 Dec 2022

Exploring neurodevelopment among Zika virus-exposed children without Zika syndrome

In a new study, researchers assessed the neurodevelopment in preschool-aged Zika-exposed children without congenital Zika syndrome.

2 Dec 2022

Zika-exposed children may show differences in cognitive development, mood and mobility

Children who are exposed to the Zika virus while in the womb, but who are not subsequently diagnosed with Zika-related birth defects and congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), may still display differences in some aspects of cognitive development, mood and mobility compared to unexposed children, reports a study published in Pediatric Research.

30 Nov 2022

Parental methods to help toddlers sleep are related to the development of a child's temperament

A group of international researchers examined parental methods to help toddlers sleep across 14 cultures and found that these methods are related to the development of a child's temperament.

24 Nov 2022

Family involvement in psychosis treatment leads to better patient outcomes, research says

According to new research from Boston Medical Center, family involvement in psychosis treatment leads to better patient outcomes.

22 Nov 2022

A heavy burden of family financial stress from COVID on mental health of adolescents

In a recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, journal researchers examined the impact of the financial stress associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the mental health of adolescents in the United States (U.S.).

17 Nov 2022