Parents of newborn daughters take fewer risks study suggests

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 - 12:52 in Psychology & Sociology

A study has examined the effect of learning a child’s gender on parents’ attitudes towards risky behaviors. In this first of its kind study, the authors gathered prenatal and post-birth data from the pediatric wards of hospitals in both the United Kingdom and Ukraine, allowing for longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses of those attitudes.

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