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Infant and Preschool Learning News
October 6, 2020
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How Long Does the Preschool Advantage Last?

Oct. 5, 2020 — Children who attend preschool enter kindergarten with greater skills than those who don't, but that advantage is nearly halved by the end of the year as their counterparts quickly begin to catch up, ...

Babies' Random Choices Become Their Preferences

Oct. 2, 2020 — When a baby reaches for one stuffed animal in a room filled with others just like it, that random choice is very bad news for those unpicked toys: the baby has likely just decided she doesn't like ...
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Parental Touch Reduces Pain Responses in Babies' Brains

Sep. 24, 2020 — Being held by a parent with skin-to-skin contact reduces how strongly a newborn baby's brain responds to a painful medical jab, a new ...

Perfectionists May Be More Prone to Helicopter Parenting

Sep. 16, 2020 — The negative effects of over-parenting on children are well documented, but less is known about why certain people become helicopter parents. A new study suggests perfectionism is one ...
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Children Notice Race Several Years Before Adults Want to Talk About It

Aug. 27, 2020 — Adults in the United States believe children should be almost 5 years old before talking with them about race, even though some infants are aware of race and preschoolers may have already developed ...

Helicopter Parents Should Step Back and Watch, Study Recommends

July 30, 2020 — Researchers conducted the world's first data-driven study of parenting classes based on the Respectful Approach intervention. The Respectful Approach, modeled on Resources for Infant Educators ...

Troubling Connection Between Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination and Health of Mothers, Babies

July 7, 2020 — Perceived pregnancy discrimination indirectly relates to increased levels of postpartum depressive symptoms for mothers and lower birth weights, lower gestational ages and increased numbers of doctor ...

Infant Sleep Problems Can Signal Mental Disorders in Adolescents

July 1, 2020 — Specific sleep problems among babies and very young children can be linked to mental disorders in adolescents, a new study has ...

School Absenteeism Has Surprising Consequences for Adults

July 1, 2020 — Kids who miss a lot of school from kindergarten to eighth grade may suffer unexpected costs as young adults, a new study finds. Researchers found that those who were more regularly absent in these ...

Playtime With Dad May Improve Children's Self-Control

June 29, 2020 — Children whose fathers make time to play with them from a very young age may find it easier to control their behavior and emotions as they grow up, research ...

Role-Play Shows Which Expectant Dads Will Thrive as New Fathers

June 23, 2020 — A five-minute role-play done with men before the birth of their first child predicted the quality of their parenting after the baby arrived, a new study ...

Intelligence Is Impacted If Born Small for Gestational Age

June 15, 2020 — People born small for gestational age (SGA) have a lower IQ throughout development, however the differences in IQ to those born appropriate for gestational age (AGA) reduce by adulthood. The effects ...

Some Infants Can Identify Differences in Musical Tones at Six Months

June 4, 2020 — Neuroscientists suggest the capacity to hear the highs and lows, also known as the major and minor notes in music, may come before you take a single lesson; you may actually be born with it. The ...

Babies Know When You Imitate Them -- And Like It

May 26, 2020 — Six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly, according to a new study. The babies looked and smiled longer at an adult who imitated them, as ...

Presence of Spouse Alters How Parents' Brains React to Children Stimuli

May 12, 2020 — A study has revealed how the physical presence of spouses who are co-parenting can alter each other's brain ...

Sleep Difficulties Linked to Altered Brain Development in Infants Who Later Develop Autism

May 7, 2020 — New research finds that sleep problems in a baby's first 12 months may not only precede an autism diagnosis, but also may be associated with altered growth trajectory in a key part of the brain, ...

'Terrible Twos' Not Inevitable: With Engaged Parenting, Happy Babies Can Become Happy Toddlers

May 6, 2020 — Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown. A new study of children under the age of two has ...

Time on Screens Has Little Impact on Kids' Social Skills, Study Suggests

Apr. 13, 2020 — Despite the time spent with smartphones and social media, young people today are just as socially skilled as those from the previous generation, a new study ...

Young Children Find a Parent's Hug More Calming Than a Stranger's

Apr. 7, 2020 — For infants as young as four months, a hug from a parent makes all the difference. A study examined heart rate responses in infants less than one year old during a hug and found that children as ...

Babies Retain Even Detailed Events During a Nap

Apr. 7, 2020 — While sleeping the brain goes through previously experienced things, consolidates new memory contents and summarizes similar experiences into more general knowledge. This also applies to babies. ...

Spina Bifida Surgery Before Birth Restores Brain Structure

Apr. 1, 2020 — Surgery performed on a fetus in the womb to repair defects from spina bifida triggers the body's ability to restore normal brain structure, new research has ...

Mother/infant Skin-to-Skin Touch Boosts Baby's Brain Development and Function

Mar. 25, 2020 — New research shows that extended use of Kangaroo Care, a skin-to-skin, chest-to-chest method of caring for a baby, can positively benefit full-term infants and their mothers, with important ...

Where You Live May Influence Your Baby's Behavior

Mar. 18, 2020 — Infants from rural families tend to display negative emotions such as anger and frustration more frequently than their urban counterparts, according to a recent study. Babies born in big cities, on ...

At 8 Months, Babies Already Know Basic Grammar

Mar. 12, 2020 — Even before uttering their first words, babies master the grammar basics of their mother tongue, according to new ...
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