Evidence-Based Parenting

'So useful ... extremely well-researched' - The Times A search for 'parenting' returns over a billion unique hits on Google. How can parents know which approaches actually work to support their children to be happy, healthy and fulfilled while maintaining their own sanity? Evidence-Based Parenting draws directly on more than one thousand studies, and indirectly on thousands more, to create a single evidence base and reference manual for parents. This vast knowledge base has been condensed, for the first time, into straightforward ideas to support children's relationships, physical health, learning and play, behaviour, and happiness and well-being.

Matilda Gosling is a social researcher specialising in education, skills, and issues affecting children and young people. She has worked for governments, charities, foundations and private-sector organisations, and has overseen field research in more than 60 countries across Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. She previously co-founded and ran The Research Base, an international social research consultancy, for 12 years. Matilda has degrees from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics. She is a Certified Member of the Market Research Society, a Member of the Social Research Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Matilda lives in Brighton with her partner and two children.