# childandfamilyblog.com > AI-optimized mirror of childandfamilyblog.com containing 25 pages totalling 19,525 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://childandfamilyblog.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-15T10:10:32.260Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Reporting the Science:](/content/site-root.html): Discover research-led parenting & child development articles for caregivers, practitioners & policy makers. (189 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [racism-blind-spot-on-poverty-child-development/index.html](/content/racism-blind-spot-on-poverty-child-development/index.html) (1 words) - [Social media rescues young people’s sanity](/content/screen-time-for-children/index.html): There’s little evidence that screen time harms adolescents’ mental health. The pandemic shows it has benefits. (1,555 words) - [how-parents-can-support-learning-at-home/index.html](/content/how-parents-can-support-learning-at-home/index.html) (1 words) - [wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mclanahan-research-2-pdf.html](/content/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mclanahan-research-2-pdf.html) (1 words) - [Poverty generates strengths and rational decisions, not just damage](/content/disadvantage-backgrounds-can-produce-strengths/index.html): A more comprehensive model of poverty’s impact would improve understanding of how disadvantage affects lives. (1,712 words) - [‘Lockdown learning’ questions conventional children’s education](/content/lockdown-learning-questions-conventional-childrens-education.html): Lockdown learning highlights how schools fail to build on children’s natural ways of learning; through their independent curiosity. (1,461 words) - [Chronic, low-level parental conflict contributes to children’s mental health problems](/content/parental-conflict-effect-on-children/index.html): Parental conflict is common in many families, and childhood depression, anxiety, and aggression may be the outcome. (1,494 words) - [Parents are the greatest influence on children’s learning, but how can this influence be harnessed?](/content/how-parents-can-positively-contribute-to-childrens-education.html): The greatest influence occurs at home, but there remains a lot to understand about harnessing parents’ – and particularly fathers’ – potential to help. (1,338 words) - [Learning through play: more than laughter and smiles](/content/learning-through-play/index.html): By learning through play, children gain crucial experiences, offering further opportunities for development. (1,312 words) - [A solid foundation: Building children’s self-esteem during the COVID-19 pandemic](/content/self-esteem-children-covid19/index.html): Children’s self-esteem is built on two pillars: acceptance and competence. (1,168 words) - [Ending The Practice Of Spanking Young Children May Require More Individualized, Belief-Based Dialogue With Parents](/content/negative-impact-of-parental-physical-punishment-of-children.html): Curious to discover the effects of physical punishment on a child? Learn about the scientific evidence here. (1,067 words) - [How to support parents with home learning during COVID-19 lockdowns](/content/parental-stress-during-lockdown-impacts-childrens-learning.html): Our survey of 7,048 German parents during the COVID-19 lockdown revealed that parents felt stressed, and this affected their ability to provide learning activities for their children at home. (959 words) - [Tell young children how COVID-19 is transmitted](/content/tell-young-children-how-covid-19-is-transmitted/index.html): Explaining how Covid-19 moves and causes sickness works better than admonishment to encourage handwashing and social distancing. (1,060 words) - [Children Have Insights on the Benefits and Challenges of Remote Learning: Just Ask Them](/content/remote-learning-for-children/index.html): Children can provide great insight into the experience of remote online learning, on both benefits and challenges. (844 words) - [How can parents build children’s self-esteem without turning them into narcissists?](/content/building-childrens-self-esteem-without-turning-them-into-narcissists.html): It is possible to build children’s self-esteem without turning them into narcissists, but it requires thought and care. (885 words) - [When the parental relationship is better, children do better (Nepal)](/content/parental-relationship-children-nepal/index.html): The better the parental relationship the higher the level of education reached by children, on average (Nepal) (588 words) - [Chaos at home and infants’ play: Your baby may be more adaptable than you think](/content/chaos-at-home-infants-play/index.html): There is no evidence that physical manifestations of chaos at home negatively affect the quality of infants’ play. (744 words) - [Overuse of technology by parents linked to children’s behavior problems](/content/technology-parents-children-behavior-problems/index.html): The finding from research on parents' use of technology contributes to the debate about the need for “unplugged” family time. 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