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,…
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've got over 2000 parents taking part in Parenting Science Gang. So we picked their brains on what else they'd like to research if they had the chance. Photo by Rawpixel on Unsplash Here and now Parenting Science Gang is…
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…
Over one hundred mothers gathered yesterday at Imperial College, London to donate breast milk to the first research study analysing how the composition of breast milk changes as children get older. The experiment, probably a world record for the number of mothers…
This February, something out of the ordinary is going to happen in West London. Over a hundred breastfeeding mothers will get together to donate breastmilk for an experiment they instigated and designed themselves, through citizen science project Parenting Science Gang (PSG) and…
Our Breastfeeding and Healthcare Experiences Parenting Science Gang were represented at the Infant Feeding All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) at the House of Commons last month. Here's what happened... "It was exciting coming across the opportunity to attend the Infant Feeding…
Parenting Science Gang is thrilled to announce we are collaborating with Let Toys Be Toys to create a new Parenting Science Gang group for 2017/18. In case you haven’t heard of them (where have you been?!) Let Toys Be Toys…
Parenting Science Gang has been running for 9 months now (!!), here’s what we’ve been up to. The first four groups We started by recruiting members from four existing Facebook groups for parents: Breastfeeding Older Babies & Beyond (BOBAB) UK Breastfeeding…
Are you member of a parenting group? (Maybe a Facebook community group?) Do you wish you could get evidence-based facts about the stuff that matters to you? Parenting Science Gang puts parents in charge of the research agenda. It’s a groundbreaking, user-led…