Role limitations in mothers living with depression: Links with children's academic achievement

Neurobiological Evidence for the Benefit of Interactive Parent–Child Storytelling: Supporting Early Reading Exposure Policies

“…Mothers with depression show less engagement with their children in reading activities and are less likely to read to them even from infancy (McLearn et al, 2006). Other research suggests negative correlations between persistent maternal depression and child's reading gains during school-age (Claessens et al, 2015; Cowderoy et al, 2020; Wagner & Valdez, 2023). Neurobiological evidence for the alteration in narrative processing in children of mothers with depression was recently published (Farah, Greenwood et al, 2021).…”