Early parenting is associated with the developing brains of children born very preterm.

CONCLUSIONS: Early positive parenting may be more strongly associated with subcortical brain development for boys born VPT, while early intrusive parenting may be associated with smaller cortical brain volumes and altered white matter microstructure in children born VPT. PMID: 32865142 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Clinical Neuropsychologist - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: research