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Millennials pose for a photo

Boom and bust? Millennials aren’t all worse off than Baby Boomers, but the rich-poor gap is widening

16 Nov 2023

A study of over 12,000 people in the US, comparing Baby Boomers and Millennials, raises concerns about Millennials’ diverging financial gains.

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Nuclear family.

Beyond the nuclear family at the Fitzwilliam Museum

05 Oct 2023

An unprecedented Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition explores the family, informed by psychological research from the University's Centre for Family...

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Father and son talking

Assisted reproduction kids grow up just fine – but it may be better to tell them early about biological origins

13 Apr 2023

Landmark study finds no difference in psychological wellbeing or quality of family relationships between children born by assisted reproduction (egg...

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Mum and toddler

Video-led feedback programme reduces behaviour problems in children as young as 12 months

16 Mar 2021

A home-based parenting programme to prevent childhood behaviour problems, which very unusually focuses on children when they are still toddlers, has...

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Mother and child at sunset

Family court decisions distorted by misuse of key research, say experts

12 Jan 2021

Family courts are misunderstanding and misusing research around how children form close relationships with their caregivers, say an international...

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In the huff (cropped and manipulated)

Opinion: How to start healing those Brexit family rifts

01 Jul 2016

A difference in values can be a major stumbling block for family relationships, writes Dr Lucy Blake from the Centre for Family Research for The...

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Zoe and Friend

Support from family and friends important to help prevent depression in teenagers

20 May 2016

The importance of friendships and family support in helping prevent depression among teenagers has been highlighted in research from the University...

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Lonely nights (cropped)

Unhappy families: Nine out ten adults estranged from family find Christmas difficult

10 Dec 2015

A new report looking at the experiences of people who are estranged from family members and the challenges they face has highlighted the particular...

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Alone on Christmas

Opinion: Christmas is the hardest time of year for those estranged from close family

09 Dec 2015

Lucy Blake (Centre for Family Research) discusses family estrangement and the particular difficulties associated with Christmas.

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Cover image from Modern Families: Parents and Children in New Family Forms

Families with a difference: the reality behind the hype

12 Mar 2015

Families come in many guises. Some parents are same-sex; others are single by choice. Growing numbers of children are conceived through assistive...

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“You need to ignore it, babe”: how mothers prepare young children for the reality of racism

19 Jan 2015

Research among mothers with young children living in multicultural London shows that racism is a reality for children as young as five – and that...

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From college cooks to artists and craftsmen: the story of a Cambridge dynasty

02 Sep 2014

For three centuries one family made an unacknowledged contribution to the life of Cambridge, first as cooks and inn keepers and later as artists and...

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