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Projects in the home environment examine how the physical, emotional, and social conditions within a household influence the development and well-being of children and families. These studies explore factors such as parental involvement, household routines, access to learning materials, emotional climate, and exposure to stressors like poverty or housing instability. Researchers investigate how variations in the home environment impact cognitive, social, emotional, and academic outcomes across developmental stages. Many projects also focus on culturally responsive strategies and interventions aimed at supporting positive home environments, particularly in underserved or high-risk communities. This research informs family-centered practices, early childhood education, and public policies that promote healthy and supportive home settings for children and caregivers.
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- Family-level antecedents of the development of “theory of mind” and narrative comprehension in early childhood.Project Abstract/Summary The ability to understand other people’s thoughts and feelings (commonly referred to as theory of mind) is related to narrative comprehension during the preschool years because children need to understand characters’ mental states to understand the meaning of a story. Little research has explored what predicts how these two skills develop together. This project examines two family-level factors, the home literacy environment and the mental state talk parents use when reading to children, that might explain how theory… Read more: Family-level antecedents of the development of “theory of mind” and narrative comprehension in early childhood.
- Collaborative Research: The influence of household labor distribution in families on children’s social developmentProject Abstract/Summary In many families the division of household labor is unevenly distributed between parents, however little is known about how differential division of labor in a household may impact children’s development. This project investigates how family experiences relate to children’s thinking about fairness and their aspirations for future work and family life. The broader impacts of this project include research training in developmental science and behavioral methods for graduate and undergraduate students in STEM, and broad dissemination of the… Read more: Collaborative Research: The influence of household labor distribution in families on children’s social development
- Collaborative Research: The influence of household labor distribution in families on children’s developmentProject Abstract/Summary In many families the division of household labor is unevenly distributed between parents, however little is known about how differential division of labor in a household may impact children’s development. This project investigates how family experiences relate to children’s thinking about fairness and their aspirations for future work and family life. The broader impacts of this project include research training in developmental science and behavioral methods for graduate and undergraduate students in STEM, and broad dissemination of the… Read more: Collaborative Research: The influence of household labor distribution in families on children’s development