Watching television for more than a couple of hours a day is linked to lower school readiness skills, finds a study by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Université Sainte-Anne.

Opportunities to narrow the achievement gap between looked after children (children in care) and their peers are being missed because too many of them do not receive good quality early education places, says research funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

By the age of 6, girls become less likely than boys to associate brilliance with their own gender and are more likely to avoid activities said to require brilliance, shows a new study conducted by NYU researchers.

A new study by University of Sussex psychologists has discovered that when a mother engages in harsh parenting techniques, a father who fails to support the use of those techniques is potentially vital in helping to reduce the impact of such behaviour upon a child.

A Victorian study of over 700 children has for the first time compared how physically active both boys and girls are when they are at preschool or childcare and found boys are more physically active than girls.

New Macquarie University research shows parents can help improve their children’s literacy and numeracy skills by having a greater influence on the type of games they play in their free time.