I co-authored this piece with two wonderful colleagues. There are many things to be horrified by in this administration's fascist actions - child abuse, masked civilian vigilantes, Exec disdain for the Courts, the Constitution and Congress, mass assaults and kidnapping.

Mass deportation IS family separation. With colleagues @jordancfoster.bsky.social and @profdfhesq.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

🏠📉 New research in @jama.com (JAMA Network Open) highlights the impact of housing instability on children's mental health. We explored how stress about eviction or housing loss affects child depression, anxiety, ADHD, & behavioral problems. #HousingInstability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... /1

President Trump has rescinded former President Biden’s Executive Order which created a task force to reunite families deliberately separated at the border by Trump. As many as 1,000 families remain separated because of that policy.

Overparenting is on the rise and hurts children’s motivation starting in early childhood. How can we help parents step back? Our new paper in Child Dev shows that pointing out learning opportunities reduces overparenting. srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our group's latest paper shows how childhood adversity shapes brain development with age. Deprivation slows age-related decreases in cortical surface area in cognitive regions, while threat exposure leads to age-related increases in socioemotional regions. Read more: shorturl.at/rtMST