The 22nd KIT Lucky Draw is coming soon! Family participants are eligible to take part in the activity if:  The study child was born between April 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, and Parents have fully completed the 6-year-old and 7-year-old child surveys. Please read the information below for more details. ------------- Terms and Conditions of the 22nd KIT Lucky Draw Family participants are eligible to take part in the activity if: The study child was born between April 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, and Parents have fully completed the 6-year-old and 7-year-old child surveys. Draw date: Dec. 20, 2024 (Fri.) Number of winners: 15 Prize: two storybooks and a stationery set Winner selection: The computer will randomly select winners from all valid entries. Result announcement: Winners will be announced on the KIT official website and Facebook. However, their full names won’t be displayed. Prize delivery: Winners will be notified by text message. The KIT project will send the prize to the mailing address that each winner provides. If the winner cannot be contacted within 14 days of notification, we will withdraw the prize from the winner. ​​​​​​​

The quality of parent-child attachment in childhood profoundly shapes a child’s personality and interpersonal interactions. In Episode 8 of “KIT Viewpoints,” Dr. Wu Chih-Wen, Associate Professor in the Department of Child and Family Science at National Taiwan Normal University, discusses how Taiwanese children thrive in different attachment relationships and provides insights on how parents can foster secure attachment bonds, drawing from the KIT database. For those interested in learning more about building secure attachments with children, visit Dr. Tsung-Ning Huang’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrTNHuang.

Data from the KIT-M3 and KIT-M36 cohorts (6 waves for KIT-M3 and 4 waves for KIT-M36) is now available in English and has been publicly released in the Survey Research Data Archive (SRDA) at Academia Sinica for academic use. For the announcement regarding the release and revision of the English data, please visit https://srda.sinica.edu.tw/portal_c1_page.php?button_num=c1&cnt_id=2508.

Thank you for attending the KIT workshop. The download links for the session materials are available at https://reurl.cc/QEx7oO. Please visit https://forms.gle/X3V2iT1xpWKjc8ou7 to fill out the feedback form. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to call (02)7749-3142 or contact us via email.

The latest issue of the KIT Newsletter has just been published and is available at https://kit.hdfs.ntnu.edu.tw/CN/Newsletter_content.aspx?es=64. In this edition, we feature a guide to 'Le Petit Camion de Papa', a storybook written and illustrated by Mori Chiang. The story is about a father’s old truck and the special bond it creates with his child. The book highlights family memories, adventures, and the joy of simple things, celebrating the love shared between father and child through everyday experiences. You can listen to the story by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/DRodAFDXpFQ. Moreover, this issue provides a brief overview of the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC), a large-scale research study that began in the late 1990s to investigate the long-term health of children and their mothers. It follows over 100,000 pregnancies, collecting data on lifestyle, environmental exposures, genetics, and health outcomes to study how early life factors affect health later in life.  Other noteworthy items include a summary of several KIT findings related to children’s executive function and a feature on Prof. Tsung-Hau Jen from the Science Education Center at NTNU. If you enjoy reading the KIT Newsletter, we encourage you to share it with your friends!

Wishing all teachers around the world a wonderful Teachers' Day! Your dedication and passion inspire us, making our lives richer and more colorful. Thank you for your endless contributions to shaping the future!