Can toddlers do maths? A Q&A with Dr Vic Simms
How can you help your kids be confident with maths? According to Dr Vic Simms, you can make a difference right from the start, so we invited her along to a Q&A to tell us more. Vic: Hi all! I’m…
Thematic Analysis 101
Three of our PSG groups are using thematic analysis to make sense of information that they are gathering for their research. But what is thematic analysis and how do we do it? In steps Nicky Human who uses and teaches thematic…
Mealtime Hostage Parenting Science Gang Research
We are a group of parents of children who experience issues with eating, and we want to know more about how eating is related to children's emotional behaviour and sensory sensitivity. We have worked with Prof Jackie Blissett (Aston University)…
Big Birthas PSG research into larger pregnancies and labour
What’s it like being a larger mum during pregnancy? How do the choices you are offered affect your experience of pregnancy and labour? We are a group of plus-sized mums who would like to understand more about labour and pregnancy for people…
Mealtime Hostage Parenting Science Gang – the story so far
What happens when you gather together a group of parents who support children who avoid food? You discover that they have a lot of questions! Our members’ children have a wide range of issues including extreme selective eating (eating only…
Vexing Vegetables – a Q&A with Dr Helen Coulthard
Are vegetables really so much nastier than sugary or salty tastes? Is texture the biggest turn-off? Do we inherit our sensory sensitivities? These are some of the questions that Mealtime Hostage Parenting Science Gang explored with Dr Helen Coulthard of De…
Parenting Styles – what does research tell us? A Q&A with Prof Judith Smetana
Image: Benjamin Manley on Unsplash Judi: Hi – I’m happy to ‘meet’ you all! I am a professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York. My research focuses on adolescent-parent relationships and on parenting. I’m eager…
What’s happening in the Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang?
Image: Piron Guillaume on Unsplash Is there a middle way between home education and full-time school? We, the Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang, know that many parents in Scotland choose for their children to attend school part-time and spend the rest of…
The Great PSG Final Event
What’s going to happen at our final event? We’re not exactly sure yet, but here are the things that we do know. It will be Saturday 10th November – Sunday 11th November, approximately lunchtime to lunchtime. It will take place…
Everything you need to know about qualitative research (but were afraid to ask)
The story so far: Big Birthas Parenting Science Gang are interested in the experiences that larger mums have during labour, specifically the choices that they are offered or not offered. But how to research this? Enter Dr Michael Larkin to…