Child Development
Lessons for the Littlest Terps
Center for Young Children’s Students Trek Across Campus to Understand the World
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A Key to Friendship
Research Shows That Kids With Better Self-Control Form Closer Bonds With Peers
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UMD to Help Lead Nationwide Study of Early Childhood Brain Development, Impact of Early Adversity
25 Institutions Will Contribute to First-of-its-Kind Comprehensive Initiative
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Op/ed: Education Epidemic Behind the Mask
Policies Must Take Into Account COVID-Related Mental and Physical Health Inequities
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Can Parenting Blunt the Pandemic’s Blow to Kids?
Global Study Looks at How COVID-19 Alters Family Relations
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Does It Still ‘Take a Village?’
UMD-led Research to Study Changing Family Dynamics and Child Health in Africa
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Research: Infant Temperament Predicts Adult Personality, Mental Health Issues
30-Year UMD Study Finds Links to Introversion, Anxiety
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Op/ed: Lessons on Battling Bias
Schools Can Help Kids Overcome Prejudice by Encouraging Diverse Friendships, Researcher Says
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Op/Ed: Alexa, What’s a Reliable Source?
Education Researcher Studies How Children Get Answers, and Assess Their Validity, in the Information Age
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Research: How Durable Are Foster Care’s Benefits?
$3.4M NIH Grant Allows Long-term Study of Romanian Children Who Were Institutionalized to Follow Them as Adults
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X’ing Out Exclusion
NIH Awards $1.67M for Research on Promoting Diverse Friendships, Reducing Bias in Childhood
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Dual Benefit of Language Immersion Programs?
U.S. Department of Education Awards $1.4M for UMD-Led Study of Cognitive, Reading Effects
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