Parent Lab: Parenting Research, Explained

Longitudinal associations between memory and emergent literacy from 3 to 6 years of age: a four-wave random-intercept cross-lagged panel study.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "Memory and Early Literacy: A Feedback Loop—or a More Complicated Story?". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

Background Despite growing recognition of cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS), the developmental mechanisms linking early adversity to CDS symptoms remain largely unknown. This study addresses this gap by examining whether executive function mediates the relationship between early adversity and CDS symptoms.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "When Adversity Predicts Disengagement—and a Pathway Isn't Yet a Cause". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

Initial molecular genetic studies identified specific genes that contribute to variation in associations between maternal sensitivity and infant attachment, but these findings from small samples failed to replicate in larger-sample studies.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The Attachment Gene Meets the Replication Test". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

A Randomized Controlled Trial of A Gamified Digital Mental Health Intervention for Child Anxiety

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "Anxiety, Gamified: What 118 Families Can—and Cannot—Tell Us". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

Drawing on the covariance matrix published by Ye et al., we reexamined the evidence underlying their proposed mediation model linking adverse childhood experiences to suicide risk in adolescents with depression.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The Arrows Were Never Observed". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

This pilot randomized controlled trial examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a video-feedback intervention based on the SPIRE happiness model for promoting family parenting among preschool migrant children.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The Three-Sigma Parenting Miracle in a 27-Family Pilot". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

Parental divorce increases the risk of school attendance problems (SAPs). Despite this well-established risk, no prior intervention has targeted school attendance as a primary outcome in post-divorce families.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "A Divorce App Cut School Absence in Half—Did It Really?". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

Predictors of maternal sensitivity to their children across the first 10 years of life: a prospective population-based study.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The Mystery of the Missing Predictors: Why Maternal Sensitivity Changed but Almost Nothing Predicted It". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

Abstract Aim To assess the causal pathway between preterm birth and infant neurodevelopmental delay, with maternal depression as the mediator using a counterfactual mediation framework.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The 38 Percent Claim: Does Maternal Depression Mediate Prematurity's Developmental Risk?". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.

Associations Between Paternal Sensitivity and Cognitive and Behavioural Outcomes in Preterm Children: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The Quarter-SD "Dad Effect": Real Signal, Causal Gap". We break down the study's methodology, sample composition, and effect sizes, then assess how the finding has been reported in popular media and what it actually means for parents.

Parent Lab is a podcast that critically analyzes child development and family sociology research for educated, skeptical parents. We cut through media hype to examine what the evidence really says.