A Family Affair

Parents, Children and Society

Jay Belsky is Director of the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues and Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London. Belsky is an expert in the field of child development and family studies. See full bio

June 26, 2008

Co-Parenting WELL (in Intact Families)

Do you want to co-parent well or poorly? Read More

June 19, 2008

The Co-Parenting Mine Field (in intact families)

Do you want a coparenting partner or helper? Read More

June 9, 2008

The SECRET Life of the DIFFICULT Infant

Rearing difficult infants well pays off in spades. Read More

May 16, 2008

Nature AND Nurture AND Parenting

Nativists and Environmentalists Unite: You are BOTH Right (Sometimes)

May 13, 2008

When Hitler Is Your (Grand?)Father

What are the effects on children of being imprisoned in a basement apartment for years? Read More

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