Environmental toxins and stress during pregnancy affect children's development, research shows

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...

What if ADHD risk isn't fixed at birth, but shaped by how early environments interact with a child's sensitivity?

A 17-year longitudinal study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev followed children from birth to adolescence to explore whether early-life factors can predict ADHD, and for whom the environment ...

Nurture vs nature: Children with early ADHD risk are more sensitive to environment

Some traits of ADHD that are usually associated with difficulties may also be reflective of a heightened capability to thrive ...
Center for American Progress

Policymakers Must Understand How Education, Health Care, and Economic Security Shape Early Child Development

Policymaking that considers the unique developmental needs of young children, as well as their lived experiences and that of their families, can set the foundation for health and well-being throughout ...
The Conversation

Predictable and consistent parental behavior is key for optimal child brain development

Tallie Z. Baram receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Bren Foundation, and the Hewitt Foundation for Biomedical Research. Scientists have long known that the experiences you ...
Forbes

Poverty Impedes Children’s Education Long Before They Enter The Classroom — Here’s How We Can Change That

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...
Center for American Progress

Disparities in Housing, Health Care, Child Care, and Economic Security Affect Babies for Life

Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

How do parents’ decisions impact a child’s development?

Ten years ago, Profs. Ariel Kalil and Susan Mayer co-founded the Behavioral Insights and Parenting (BIP) Lab at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to better understand the ...