Is Your Child Misbehaving? Try Reasoning With Them
Explaining why a behavior is wrong is the least harmful form of discipline for young children’s development, new analysis suggests Among common forms of discipline, only reasoning with a…
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Anti-Poverty Tax Credits Linked to Declines in Reports of Child Neglect, Youth Violence, and Juvenile Convictions
Anti-poverty tax credits provide more than financial relief for families living on tight budgets—they also appear to help prevent trauma, violence, and crime among children and youth, three studies from…
Read MoreU.S. Teenage Births Hit Record Lows—and Could Drop Further If Contraceptives Were More Accessible
Births to U.S. teenagers have been declining for a dozen years and reached another record low in 2020. But birth rates are far higher among U.S. teenagers ages 15 to…
Read MoreAmericans Differ on How They Understand and Follow Coronavirus Social Distancing and Masking Guidelines
U.S. state and city leaders issued mask-wearing and social distancing directives in 2020 to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Residents applied the directives differently in their daily lives—reflecting…
Read MoreHigh Premature Birth Rates Among U.S. Black Women May Reflect the Stress of Racism and Health and Economic Factors
Racism-related stress may help explain why Black women in the United States are over 50% more likely to deliver a premature baby than white women. Just over 14% of Black…
Read MoreWhen a Parent Is Incarcerated, Partners and Children Also Pay a Price
“We live in a country where we have huge numbers of children exposed to parental incarceration. When we talk about the need to reform the criminal justice and mass incarceration…
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