Parent Lab: Parenting Research, Explained

Linking maternal childhood maltreatment to health-related and psychosocial risk factors during pregnancy: intergenerational implications for early child development.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "A Trauma Signal in Pregnancy Is Not Proof of Harm to the Baby". 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.

My baby in mind! Preliminary findings on mind-mindedness and sensitivity as mediators of child attachment security following an attachment video-feedback intervention in child protection settings

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "Reading the Baby's Mind—or Reading Too Much Into Mediation?". 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.

Prenatal exposure to maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms may have lasting effects, such as increased internalizing and externalizing behavior during childhood. However, not all children are equally affected.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "Pregnancy Mood and the Search for the "Vulnerable Child"". 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 manuscript presents a content analysis of 46,071 mental health videos viewed by adolescents over a span of five years, covering mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "Forty-Six Thousand Mental-Health TikToks: A Map of Teen Feeds, Not a Verdict on Teen Minds". 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.

Learning to read reshapes both cognition and the brain. Across the world, bilingual and multilingual children face the challenge of acquiring literacy skills in one or more languages.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The Bilingual Reading Brain Is Not Two Monolingual Brains". 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.

Parent-child connectedness and its associations with sexual risk behavior and outcomes among young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "Connected, but Not Causal: Parent–Child Bonds and Youth Sexual 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.

Abstract This study leverages a randomized clinical trial to test whether intervention-related changes in cognitive and socioemotional parenting behaviors during mother-child reminiscing support children's self-regulation (emotion regulation and executive function).

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "Talking About Yesterday, Regulating Tomorrow?". 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.

Specific, Replicable Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Sensory Over-Responsivity in Childhood.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The Sensory Overload Brain Scan: Replicable Signal, Small Effect, Big Headline". 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.

S-FAME: a low-threshold municipal social services intervention for digital media-related family difficulties in children aged 10-14 years: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "S-FAME: The Screen-Time Treatment Still Waiting for Its 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.

The human evolved developmental niche (EDN), or evolved nest, includes practices such as responsive care, self-directed play, and extensive affectionate touch, which meet the species-specific biopsychosocial needs of human infants.

In this episode of Parent Lab, we critically examine "The Nest That Echoes: What This Intergenerational Study Can—and Cannot—Show". 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.