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About

We report on important and high-quality research on how family influences child development, both social/emotional and cognitive. We write for parents, teachers, childcare professionals and policy makers. We draw from the research the implications for parenting, childcare practice and policy.

We are also developing new ways of community child development science to the public. These will be announced in our newsletter (subscription link below).

This project is owned by the not-for-profit Child and Family Blog Corporation in Maryland, USA. It is financed and directed by an Academic Council.

Academic Council (Funders)

Tanya Broesch Simon Fraser University, Canada
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Colombia University, USA
Natasha Cabrera University of Maryland, USA
Jeremy Carpendale Simon Fraser University, Canada
Xinyin Chen University of Pennsylvania, USA
Jason Downer & Robert Pianta University of Virginia, USA
Susan Engel Williams College, USA
Duncan Fisher Blog Manager, working from Wales, UK
Hiram Fitzgerald Michigan State University, USA
Mary Gauvain University of California Riverside, USA
Lisa Gennetian Duke University, USA
Elizabeth Gershoff University of Texas at Austin, USA
Lee Gettler University of Notre Dame, USA
Paul Golding Santa Fe Boys Educational Foundation
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff University of Delaware
Philip Hwang University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge, UK/USA
Barry Lester Brown University, USA
Angeline Lillard University of Virginia, USA
Allyssa McCabe UMass Lowell, USA
Amanda Morris Oklahoma State University, USA
Candice Odgers Duke University, USA
Rob Palkovitz University of Delaware, USA
Andreas Roepstorff Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark
Jaipaul Roopnarine Syracuse University, USA
Ross Thompson University of California, USA
Chiel van der Veen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marinus van IJZendoorn Erasmus University, Netherlands @ UCL London, UK
Liza Ware Viterbo University, USA
Family Initiative Charity that formerly managed Child & Family Blog, UK

Executive Team

Anne Bridgman (USA) Editor
Duncan Fisher (Wales) Blog Manager
Miriam Fisher (Wales) Administration & Website
Jack O’Sullivan (England) Writer
Pinnacle Internet Marketing (Wales) Marketing & Hosting

Directors, Child and Family Blog Corp (USA)

Duncan Fisher Blog Manager, working from Wales, UK
Hiram Fitzgerald Michigan State University, USA
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff University of Delaware
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge, UK/USA
Liza Ware Viterbo University, USA

Supporters (Formally members of the Scientists' Alliance for communicating child development research)

Adam Boyette
Alyssa Meuwissen
Amanda Cooklin
Amanda Tarullo
Amanda Zelechoski
Amy Holtzworth-Munroe
Anna Gassman-Pines
Anna Johnson
Anne Shaffer
Annemarie H. Hindman
Barbara L. Wolfe
Bonnie Leadbeater
Brenda Jones-Harden
Caitlin McPherran Lombardi
Camelia E. Hostinar
Carlo Schuengel
Carolyn Pape Cowan
Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Charlie Lewis
Christopher Trentacosta
Chrystyna Kouros
Cristine Legare
Deborah Lowe Vandell
Deirdre Brown
Diane Lickenbrock
Donna Berthelsen
Dorsa Amir
Douglas H. Clements
Douglas M. Teti
Drew Rothenberg
Eddie Brummelman
Elena Nicoladis
Elizabeth Riina
Emma Sciberras
Enrique B. Arranz-Freijo
Felix Warneken
George P. Knight
George W. Holden
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Iheoma Iruka
Irwin N. Sandler
Jamie Hanson
Jamie Jirout
Jan Nicholson
Janeen Baxter
Jelena Obradovic
Jenalee Doom
Jennifer E. Lansford
Jody Nicholson
Kate C. Prickett
Kate Williams
Katelyn Fletcher
Kathryn Humphreys
Kathryn Modecki
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Kenneth A Dodge
Kimberly Noble
Laura Di Giunta
Laurie Bayet
Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp
Luke Hyde
Lyndall Strazdins
Marcia J. Carlson
Marcia Winter
Margaret OBrien
Margaret Sheridan
Marije L. Verhage
Matthijs Kalmijn
Naomi Ekas
Natalie Brito
Pasco Fearon
Paula Fomby
Philip A. Cowan
Richard A. Warshak
Robert J. Duncan
Robert Serpell
Ross D. Parke
Sabina Pauen
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Seth Pollak
Sharlene A. Wolchik
Sharon Wolf
Shawna J. Lee
Sheina Lew-Levy
Sheri Madigan
Stephen Braren
Suniya S. Luthar
Susan Golombok
Vaheshta Sethna
Vanessa LoBue
Wendy S. Grolnick
William Fabricius
Xutong Zhang
Yalda Uhls
Yossi Shavit