by APFLI | Aug 17, 2016 | Child Development / Family Research, Parent Resources, Reasons for Abstinence, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence, Sterilization, Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
The War on Abstinence and Fidelity A recent comment in The Lancet makes the case that when it comes to international HIV/AIDS prevention, abstinence and fidelity should be abandoned in favor of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). Titled “A farewell to abstinence...
by APFLI | Jan 18, 2016 | Child Development / Family Research, Responses - Ideas To Promote Life, Right to Life - Archive
Most grandparents will already know that the addition of grandchildren to the family add a source of much joy and love. It has however now been scientifically shown that grandparents who babysit their grandkids have a reduced chance of developing dementia and...
by APFLI | Jul 5, 2012 | Child Development / Family Research
Study Shows that Dads Matter Ronald P. Rohner from the University of Connecticut conducted a major study on the importance of the role of a father in children's lives. The study showed that children need love from fathers as much as mothers. In...
by APFLI | Jun 2, 2012 | Child Development / Family Research
Uncovering the Pain Behind Your Child's Anger: Learn how to recognize the reasons for anger, and whether it's appropriate or not Author Shana Schutte explains the causes of anger in children and how you as a parent can help them deal with their anger in...
by APFLI | May 24, 2012 | Child Development / Family Research
Study: Women With More Kids Live Longer Women can expect to live longer with each child they bear, a pattern especially noticeable for those with many children, according to Australian researchers, who nonetheless said that women shouldn’t have too many...
by APFLI | Oct 19, 2011 | Child Development / Family Research
Study: Father’s Presence Makes Children Happier, More Intelligent Commentary: Fatherhood… Study: Father’s Presence Makes Children Happier, More Intelligent Research at Montreal’s Concordia University has shown that fathers who actively engage...
by APFLI | Aug 10, 2009 | Child Development / Family Research
Children face greater risk when agencies focus only on moms, overlook dads Family service agencies are missing huge opportunities to help children by focusing only on mothers and ignoring fathers, according to a groundbreaking study by some top U.S. family and child...
by APFLI | Aug 7, 2009 | Child Development / Family Research
Homeschoolers, on average, scored 37 percentile points above public school students on standardized achievement tests Today, the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) released a new study: the Progress Report 2009: Homeschool Academic Achievement and...
by APFLI | Jun 28, 2008 | Child Development / Family Research
WHAT MAKES MEN BECOME BETTER HUSBANDS & FATHERS? In a research brief this month, Bradford Wilcox, a sociology professor at the University of Virginia, analyzed three national studies in order to discover if "there is any evidence that religion is...
by APFLI | Mar 26, 2008 | Child Development / Family Research
With boys’ scores dropping further and further, it’s time to try something new. An all-girls class of fourth-graders at Foley Intermediate School, in New York City – New York Times The four schools of the Parents for Education Foundation in Sydney...
by APFLI | Feb 15, 2008 | Child Development / Family Research
Massive Study Finds Active Fathers are Essential for Well Adjusted Children: 20-year review finds children have fewer psychological and behavioral problems Active father figures play a key role in reducing behaviour problems in boys and psychological problems in young...
by APFLI | Sep 5, 2007 | Child Development / Family Research
Child Study Finds Early Child Care Linked to Aggression & Disobedience Study Shows Family Instability Has Negative Effect on Children's Behavior Marital Breakdown and Divorce Increases Rate of Depression US Prison Bureau Suppresses Study Strongly Linking Child...
by APFLI | Sep 5, 2007 | Child Development / Family Research
STUDY FINDS PRE-SCHOOL & EARLY CHILD EDUCATION INITIATIVES SHOW NO BENEFIT Other studies found marked negative effects from preschool including brain chemistry damage, aggression, negative social and emotional development, illness. A six year comparison of almost...
by APFLI | Aug 31, 2007 | Child Development / Family Research
Other studies found marked negative effects from preschool including brain chemistry damage, aggression, negative social and emotional development, illness. A six year comparison of almost 35,000 children has shown that there has been no change in developmental levels...
by APFLI | Apr 2, 2007 | Child Development / Family Research
Family make-up –whether raised in a two-parent or a single parent environment — is also linked to behavioral problems A new sociology study from John Hopkins University [Maryland] confirms what pro-family groups have been saying for decades – family...
by APFLI | Apr 1, 2007 | Child Development / Family Research
Results proved true regardless of quality of center-based care they received. Analysis of the largest, longest running, and most comprehensive study of child care in the USA has found that the more time children spent in center-based care before kindergarten, the more...
by APFLI | May 13, 2006 | Child Development / Family Research
About to become Britain’s youngest mum, the girl is pleading with social work bosses to let her keep her baby. The girl, who was aged just 11 when she became pregnant, fears the infant may be taken into care when it is born. The West Lothian youngster is due to...
by APFLI | Apr 5, 2006 | Child Development / Family Research
Statistics Canada reveals that Canadians prefer to raise their children at home and that their preference is for childcare by a relative in the child’s home and not in daycare. The numbers released show a shift away from outside childcare and lend support for...
