Unlike sleep training, having a depressed
mother during early childhood has been shown, repeatedly, to be linked with worse long - term outcomes for children.
Not exact matches
One study in Germany several years ago examined specific ways in which fathers and
mothers cultivate close attachments with their children
during the
early years, and which of those
early parental practices lead to deeper, long - term attachments
during later stages of
childhood.
Even if babies born to HIV - positive
mothers avoid infection
during birth, around 15 per cent contract HIV in
early childhood.
Cortical thinning is a normal aspect of brain development
during early childhood, so Lebel says the findings suggest that the brain may be developing prematurely in children whose
mothers experience more depressive symptoms.
These studies — and many more — have made it clear that the
mother's nutritional status leading up to and
during pregnancy affects her baby's health not only at birth and
during early childhood, but for the rest of his or her life.
Through her
mother (her father, a sea captain, was largely absent
during her
childhood), Emily Mason was exposed to the Bohemian art world of New York in the»40s and
early»50s, and, more importantly, to the idea that a woman could be an achiever in a male - dominated art world.
Attachment theory centers on the assertion that a child, especially
during infancy and
early childhood (roughly 3 - 30 months of age) should have a «warm, intimate, and continuous relationship with his
mother» to help prevent negative mental health outcomes as an adult (Bowlby, 1951: p. 361).
A couple of participants indicted that
early childhood education is essential and if possible reaching out to Chinese
mothers during their pregnancy and providing them with information and resources on child development would be helpful for them.
Results from the present study indicate that children who are at highest risk of not learning to regulate physical aggression in
early childhood have
mothers with a history of antisocial behavior
during their school years,
mothers who start childbearing
early and who smoke
during pregnancy, and parents who have low income and have serious problems living together.
Results from the present study indicate that children who are at highest risk of not learning to regulate physical aggression in
early childhood have
mothers who have a history of antisocial behavior
during their school years, who start childbearing
early, and who smoke
during pregnancy and have parents who have low income and serious problems living together.
The health habits of a
mother during pregnancy and the actions of parents
during early childhood can damage — or boost — mental traits such as confidence and self - control.
This study revealed that infants»
mother - directed gaze
during the face - to - face episode predicted fewer ODD behaviors in
early childhood.
Also,
mother - directed gaze
during the face - to - face episode moderated the relation between negative reactivity
during the still - face episode,
early childhood ODD and CU behaviors, respectively.
In an examination of four nationally representative samples in the USA, McLanahan and Sandefur (1994) showed that adolescents raised by single
mothers during some period of their
childhood were twice as likely to drop out of high school, twice as likely to have a baby before the age of 20 and one and a half times more likely to be out of work in their late teens or
early twenties than those from a similar background who grew up with two parents at home.
On the other hand, anxious - ambivalent participants were found to be more likely to perceive
early parental support as inconsistent, while avoidant participants were more likely to report being separated from their
mother during childhood and to be distrustful of others [15][16].
For example, a 15 year follow up study by Olds and colleagues of a group of
mothers randomly allocated to nurse home visiting
during pregnancy and
early childhood, has shown considerable benefit.
In a related vein, although there is increasing evidence that fathers and
mothers differ in both the quantity and content of their emotion socialization behavior (Fivush et al. 2000; Van der Pol et al. 2015; Zaman and Fivush 2013), fathers are underrepresented in studies on the determinants and consequences of emotion socialization
during early childhood.
Consistent with this expectation, interventions targeting parenting practices of depressed
mothers have been found to increase children's cognitive competence
during early childhood.
For instance, attachment representations concerning
mother and father are relationship - specific but there is evidence of concordance in their quality already
during early childhood (Diener et al. 2008; Fox et al. 1991; Monteiro et al. 2008; Steele et al. 1996; Van IJzendoorn and De Wolff 1997; Veríssimo et al. 2011).
Thus, individual differences in risk for
mother - rated conduct problems across
childhood are already partly evident in maternal ratings of temperament
during the first year of life and are predicted by
early parenting and parenting - by - temperament interactions.
Results point to the unique contribution of fathers to children's preschool achievement and imply that poverty is differentially associated with fathers» and
mothers» parenting practices
during the
early childhood period.
There was also a main effect of
early parenting style, such that participants with whose
mothers were inconsistently responsive
during their
early childhood showed greater overall cortical thickness and greater asymmetry in cortical thickness relative to participants whose
mothers were either consistently responsive or unresponsive.