“Changing the law is not enough on its own.” Violence against children is sometimes seen as tough love but it can cause long-term harm, says Annie Brookman-Byrne, as the World Health Organization calls for a global ban on corporal punishment. boldscience.org/why-corporal...

Our position paper is now out: "Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE): A Global Framework for Measuring Children's Learning Variability Through Collaborative Data Sharing". srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...) What is LEVANTE? 🧵

📢 New World Bank document on Parenting Programs to Promote the Nurturing Care of Children This document provides comprehensive guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective and scalable parenting programs. documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 section award winners on this well-deserved recognition! Thank you for your important contributions to the field of child maltreatment. #AwardWinners #childmaltreatmentawareness

Would you hit a dog? Then why hit a child? thehill.com/opinion/heal...

Mañana estaré participando en este conversatorio con @dianaloperaperez.bsky.social @jorgecuartas.bsky.social No se lo pierdan! Inscripciones aquí: uninorte.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“reliance on ChatGPT for idea generation comes with a trade-off: while enhancing individual ideas' creativity, it reduces the diversity of ideas in a pool of ideas-a critical element for effective brainstorming” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The papers all follow a similar template and make misleading claims https://go.nature.com/4kucwEH

Our children will face unprecedented exposure to weather extremes. Our paper led by Luke Grant and @wimthiery.bsky.social published in @nature.com shows that the generation of our children and grandchildren will be exposed to a lot more weather extremes than ours. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣📣 A recent paper by Jorge Cuartas et al. in JCD: "Climate Change, Families, and Human Development: Review of the Evidence" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @jorgecuartas.bsky.social

Sobre educação e palmadas “A punição física [de crianças] foi associada a resultados prejudiciais, incluindo problemas de saúde mental, piores relacionamentos entre pais e filhos, uso de substâncias, desenvolvimento socioemocional prejudicado, pior desempenho acadêmico e problemas de comportamento”

"The analysis confirmed that physical punishment is associated with detrimental outcomes" endseclusion.info/4jEvLeu #EndSeclusion

Physical punishment in low- and middle-income countries is linked to negative outcomes for children’s health, academic performance, and social-emotional development, with no observed benefits. doi.org/g9hdxp

New paper alert by my incredible colleague @jorgecuartas.bsky.social! In a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from 92 LMIC, they show that physical punishment is consistently linked to detrimental outcomes for children.

Cuartas et al.’s meta-analysis of 189 studies, including 1,490 effect sizes from 92 low- and middle-income countries, shows that physical punishment of children is linked to a higher risk of detrimental outcomes across the life course. @jorgecuartas.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SRCD2025 Awards Ceremony starts at 5:30PM in the Main Auditorium. The ceremony will conclude with the SRCD Awards Reception in the Hall B Foyer. Don’t forget your meeting badge!

New tariffs incoming.

Tens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice. In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Conference organizers have an obligation to host meetings in locations that are not visa-hostile Are there ‘visa-friendly’ options that conference organizers should be considering? communities.springernature.com/posts/visa-f...

New open-access study in the Journal of Cognition and Development exploring the potential impact of climate change on families and human development: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thrilled to receive the Victoria S. Levin Award! Many thanks to @srcdorg.bsky.social for supporting my research on climate change and human development 🌎

Whatever you do, just keep moving. ⬇️ "In this systematic review of 33 observational studies involving 96K adults, higher daily step counts were associated with fewer depressive symptoms." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Happy to be joining Bluesky in the new year! I'm a psychologist, currently completing my PhD in Global Mental Health at King's College London. I'm interested in the intersections of aging research, loneliness, and climate change, particularly in Myanmar. Looking forward to connecting!

Experiences of childhood adversity can double the risk for depression www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🚨 Calling all Developmental Psychologists! Do you have an idea for a presentation at APA’s 2025 annual convention? We want to hear it! Submit a proposal: convention.apa.org/proposals Deadline is January 8, 2025 by 5PM ET. @santimoralesphd.bsky.social and I are open to any questions!

En esta columna en El Espectador discuto cómo el castigo físico y la violencia en el hogar genera más violencia en Colombia Necesitamos consturir una cultura de cuidado y paz desde los hogares www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...

Important article by @jorgecuartas.bsky.social Accepted and normalised violence against children - ie. corporal punishment - is associated with higher levels of violence across society including conflict. Ending violence against children is a foundational peace building strategy

En esta columna en El Espectador discuto cómo el castigo físico y la violencia en el hogar genera más violencia en Colombia Necesitamos consturir una cultura de cuidado y paz desde los hogares www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...

Non-native English speakers need 50% more time to write a paper When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

I am *so* excited that a labor of love on "the next 1,000 days" of child development is out in The Lancet after years of collaboration with an incredible group of authors led by Catherine Draper and Milagros Nores.

It was such a pleasure to work with @danacmccoy.bsky.social @jorgecuartas.bsky.social, and Lauren Pisani to create the global estimates of nurturing care based on #MICS data and associations with outcomes using #IDELA data. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

There is rightly a considerable focus on promoting development in the first 1000 days of life, but the next 1000 days are also incredibly important! For health, cognitive outcomes, learning and more, it's essential to give this period attention. Great to see this addressed in this Lancet series.

🌎I am thrilled to share our @TheLancet series on early childhood development and the 'next 1,000 days' 👇 cuartaslab.com/the-next-100...

En esta Columba escribo sobre el discurso del Presidente Petro en el Congreso Ministerial Global para la Prevención de la Violencia contra los Niños 💡La evidencia muestra una relación clara entre cambio climático y violencia contra los niños www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Developmental Psychology Starter Pack…Part Two! go.bsky.app/ERzYGod

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Here's a 2nd Start Pack of professors and researchers in education policy and economics. Enjoy! go.bsky.app/TeqwuKM

📢 Join us as we launch the new Lancet Series on Early Childhood Development and the Next 1,000 Days. Webinar at 8:00 AM ET, Nov 19—discover why ages 2-5 are a crucial window for #ChildDevelopment. 💡Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

NIH funding generated $2.46 for every $1 funded in 2023. Important info for scientific advocacy in the years ahead- science is a quantifiable investment, not just a cost. H/t to @nicolecrust.bsky.social for sharing! #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #NeuroSkyence www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

Thank you to Tynan DeBold and Dov Friedman at the @wsj.com. Measles. 1/

📢 Join us as we launch the new Lancet Series on Early Childhood Development and the Next 1,000 Days. Webinar at 8:00 AM ET, Nov 19—discover why ages 2-5 are a crucial window for #ChildDevelopment. 💡Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Imagine a cancer conference run by or dominated by tobacco industry How is that different from Climate conferences run or dominated by fossil fuel industry?

Exciting to see Bluesky grow! I created a starter pack for folks interested in all things traumatic stress. Please don’t hesitate to add: go.bsky.app/MHqLdaG

In a new paper in Nature Medicine we argue that polarization is a serious—and overlooked—determinant of health. #Polarization is analogous to a preexisting medical condition because it creates a population susceptible to negative influences. Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm thrilled to see this site building a serious community of researchers, writers and policymakers focused on education policy and economics. Below are links to 3 Starter Packs I've made to help you connect with such folks. Please let me know if I've missed you. The volume of requests has been 😮

Science is neither red nor blue | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, WHO and the CDC said. About 107,500 people, mostly young children, died — an “unacceptable” death toll from a disease that’s preventable through vaccination, the health groups said.