Parent Lab

About Parent Lab

Parent Lab examines the evidence behind everyday parenting questions. What can developmental screening tell you? Do early learning gains last? How do childcare, work, and family life shape children's development? We explore child development and family sociology research, separating stronger evidence from plausible explanations and unanswered questions. Each episode explains what the research supports, how it was studied, and where its conclusions stop. For parents who want understanding—not miracle hacks or one-size-fits-all instructions. New episodes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Publisher

Shaoqing Tan

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Jun 2026

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

95 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Does Postpartum Depression Cause Less Sensitive Parenting?

   Maternal postnatal depression and sensitive parenting: Considering developmental timing with a causally informative approach.

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Does Screen Time Weaken Self-Control Before Age 5?

   Effortful Control and Media Use from Birth to Age 5: A Meta-Analysis.

3. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Does Parents' Phone Use Slow Babies' Language Development?

   This cross-sectional study investigates the association between parent technology use, missed child communication cues, and language production and comprehension in children aged 13 to 18 months.

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