Nirmala Rao

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive updated analysis of early childhood development interventions across the five sectors of health, nutrition, education, child protection, and social protection, concluding that to make interventions successful, smart, and sustainable, they need to be implemented as multi-sectoral intervention packages anchored in nurturing care.

TL;DR: Several emerging issues in coparenting theory and research are identified to guide work in the years ahead, including issues in definition, conceptualization, and measurement; the interface betweenCoparenting and adult development; and conceptual benefits that will accrue from studies of interadult coordination across diverse cultures and family systems.

TL;DR: This study identifies vulnerable groups of children and highlights the importance of strengthening family coherence, adequate sleep and exercise, and responsible use of electronic devices in promoting psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: This paper found that older children outperformed younger children on character identification, visual and auditory discrimination, and word recognition, and older children performed significantly better than younger children in all three societies.

TL;DR: Low-achievers perceived academic learning as being less useful over time and reported spending less time studying in Year 10 than in Year 11 but high- and low-achiever did not differ on their use of self-regulated learning strategies.