We received over 750 responses to our survey on breastfeeding and healthcare experiences in the UK and our citizen scientist analysts are looking at the data as we speak. Here's a chat we had with Dr Gavin Brookes a little…
Update! Recruitment for this study is now closed. If you are enrolled on the study and have any questions, please email the research team on bookspsg@gmail.com Read with your child for science! We are a group of parents and carers interested…
Today we're opening our notebooks to reveal a discussion our BOBAB and UKBAPS PSG groups had with Dr Simon Cameron in September 2017 as part of designing their "what's in breastmilk?" study. Simon: Hello everyone, my name is Simon and…
The Let Toys Be Toys Parenting Science Gang (LTBT PSG) is a group of parents who are supporters of the Let Toys Be Toys campaign, and who care about the effects of gender stereotypes on children. After lots of discussion,…
Do you breastfeed? Have you breastfed? Did you want to breastfeed? Did you have advice from a health care professional, breastfeeding counsellor or peer supporter? How did their advice affect you and your breastfeeding journey? These are the questions that…
Since April last year, we've had around 2000 citizen scientist parents planning, designing and running experiments into the areas of parenthood and childhood that matter to them. They've done a lot of their own research and collaborated with established scientists.…
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)…
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…
If you wanted to find out what your child thought about jobs / roles and who they were for (woman/man) - how would you find out? This is the question our Let Toys Be Toys - PSG group have been…
Image: Delfi de la Rua on Unsplash Wow - it's been 16 months since we launched Parenting Science Gang! So what have we been up to? There isn't really a road map for starting a novel user-led citizen science project for…