Study shows that talking to toddlers helps boost brain development
A new study has shown that talking to toddlers can help shape their brain development. Research from the University of East Anglia published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that toddlers develop much faster if they are spoken to from a young age after thousands of hours of data were recorded. Researchers used thousands of […]
2 years ago
Decoding toddlers: This is why your child can’t just ‘calm down’ during a tantrum
You just haven’t felt stress, I reckon, until you have dealt with a toddler having their first complete and utter meltdown while out and about in public. Trust me. Until you have stood there, in the food hall of M&S, with other shoppers having to step over or around your howling toddler as she thrashes […]
4 years ago
According to research, we’re sending our kids to school way too early
When I started school, in Norway, I was seven. As was all my peers. Or tuned seven shortly after, as back home, you start school based on the year you were born, meaning in my year, everyone had turned seven that spring or summer, or would do so that autumn or winter (up until New […]
6 years ago
Keep talking: Amazing new study shows how parents’ chats with toddlers pay off 10 years later
“Just talk to them. All the time. About everything you do and everything that happens.” My mum’s number one parenting advice when I had my first baby. And so I did. From my little girl was born, I would chat away to her, as I fed her or changed her nappy or as we strolled […]
6 years ago
Want your child to be a high achiever? Have more conversations with them
Very interesting. As a parent we always want our children to do well in life but it’s not always clear what tools we need to provide them with, but talking with them could be the place to start. Studies have found that children from homes were they are conversed with on a regular basis do […]
7 years ago
Heavy use of digital devices could impact on children’s information processing
A lot of screen time could negatively impact children’s cognitive function. If you’re a parent in the twenty-first century, you’ll know it’s near impossible to prise kids away from digital devices. While in small doses they are pretty harmless, excess screen time could have negative ramifications on children’s health, one study suggests. Researchers are now noticing […]
8 years ago