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Lucinda Tsunga received funding from the University of Bristol’s (i) Pro Vice-Chancellor (PVC)-Research and Enterprise Strategic Research Fund and (ii) The Quality-related Research Global Challenges ...

Parents strive to create safe and nurturing environments where their children can thrive. But what truly makes a home happy? Newsweek spoke to a child psychologists who shared that happiness in the ...