Are picky-eaters doomed to long-term bad health? This is the fear of many of the members of the Mealtime Hostage Parenting Science Gang, and so we were delighted to welcome Dr Caroline Taylor to talk to us about her research looking at…
We were joined by some of the partners of PSG members for a busy Q&A session about dads’ mental health this week with Dr Zoe Darwin. Image: Federico Enni Zoe: Hello everyone! I'm Zoe, a Lecturer at the University of…
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…
Confused about how much weight you should gain during pregnancy? Most of us are! Big Birthas Parenting Science Gang spotted Hannah Hartley's research poster about what mothers understand about gestational weight gain at at a conference and asked her to tell…
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…
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…
Breast Milk Experiment - The Results! You may remember that back in February, over 100 mums went to Charing Cross Hospital to donate milk for a breast milk experiment designed and run by Breastfeeding Older Babies and Beyond (BOBAB) PSG and UK Breastfeeding and Parent Support…
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…
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…
Our Let Toys Be Toys - Parenting Science Gang were thrilled to chat to Fen Coles of Letter Box Library recently: Fen Coles: I’m co-director at Letterbox Library (LL). LL is a not-for-profit children’s booksellers specialising in book which celebrate equality,…