Topic: Childhood development

Why playtime is an essential part of childhood development

Children’s lives are overscheduled now more than ever before and all those activities are taking a bite out of their free playtime. By shortchanging playtime, children miss out on emotional, social, physical, and cognitive benefits. In some...Read more

29-08-2018|Comment|author: Jenny Silverstone

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One in three Australian children ‘exposed to disadvantage’

The long-term health and wellbeing of Australian children suffers if they live in neighbourhoods lacking basic amenities like schools, parks and libraries, says a new study. Changing Children’s Chances looked at the experiences of more than 5,000...Read more

04-07-2018|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Early childhood development and the future of Latin America

The early childhood development agenda just received a major boost in Latin America. With the First Latin American Forum on Early Childhood Development. This took place in Bogotá, Colombia in November last year. The crowning achievement...Read more

09-03-2018|Comment|author: Ariel Fiszbein

Implications of birth order on children in the 21st Century

In general birth order theory has powerful effects on future personality; and therefore on future relationships and ways of interacting. However, the implications of sibling position have received less clinical attention in the last decade....Read more

10-02-2016|Comment|author: Julia Harkleroad