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Father’s Day, Mother’s Day. How about Co-Parents Day?
Fathers stumbling through child-rearing are a familiar sitcom theme. But a growing body of research at Berkeley is challenging the perception that dads are goofy, uncaring or incompetent caregivers. On...
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Chancellor to join Michelle Obama today to announce new family-friendly...
At the invitation of First Lady Michelle Obama, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will participate in a White House panel discussion on Monday Sept. 26 about the impact of new family-friendly policies...
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‘Happiness expert’ Christine Carter shares favorite gratitude practices
UC Berkeley sociologist Christine Carter believes gratitude is the key to personal and community happiness. This Thanksgiving, she offers her three favorite gratitude exercises that she practices with...
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Mexican American toddlers lag in preliteracy skills, but not in their social...
Mexican American preschoolers fall behind their white counterparts in terms of early language and preliteracy skills, but the social competencies between the two groups are indistinguishable, according...
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The verdict on tiger-parenting? Studies point to poor mental health
Long before Amy Chua’s provocative 2011 memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, raised the bar for tough-love parenting, psychologists at UC Berkeley were studying the effects of three kinds of...
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Jamaican study shows early childhood stimulation intervention yields later...
Researchers led by UC Berkeley economist Paul Gertler report that early childhood development programs are particularly important for disadvantaged children in Jamaica and can greatly impact an...
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