The series launched with three working papers and will release future papers as they are ready on a regular basis. It will feature cutting-edge research from our health, human services, and survey and statistical experts on compelling issues across Mathematica's diverse topic areas. In addition to providing access to our most current work, the working papers will share some of the in-depth analyses behind our other publications. The papers are intended to encourage discussion before final peer review and possible publication. In keeping with Mathematica's high standards of quality, all working papers undergo a rigorous internal quality review.
To support infant-toddler advocates in their work to promote programs and policies that help improve lives of infants and toddlers, Zero to Three has developed a set of Baby Facts. These fact sheets show how babies are faring in each of the 51 states and the important role federal programs play in supporting their healthy development.
To get started, select an age range from the pull-down menu and click on it. Depending on the age range, different hotspots on the brain will appear. Click on a hotspot to reveal questions to find out how a baby's brain develops during this period of brain growth. You'll also learn what you can do to enrich a very young child's development.
Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. The mission of Zero to Three is to promote the health and development of infants and toddlers.
Doing the right thing is part of our truer, deeper selves. Yet everyday uncountable numbers of human beings do terrible things to each other. This article examines several circumstances that can get in the way when we actually want to do the right thing. (This item is posted on the NCFR Community Blog; readers may add comments.)
One of the most highly-researched and controversial areas of family studies is that of divorce and relationship dissolution. This situation is especially important where child well-being is concerned. A fabulous new issue of our scholarly journal, Family Relations, has a special issue on this topic for December 2011.
The symposium brings together scholars conducting innovative research on family instability and child outcomes from diverse disciplinary perspectives, including human development, education, psychology, and sociology. Each paper showcases different data to address how family instability (whether in terms of structure or processes) is related to children's well-being in multiple contexts, including disadvantaged and international populations.
In this video NCFR Fellow and Journal of Family Theory & Review editor Robert Milardo discusses his research on the family-based generativity from Aunts and Uncles.
