DUCK Lab- Development and Understanding of Children's Knowledge at UNCG

It’s a beautiful day for Crafts & Conversation! Join us at LeBauer Park at Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. We’ll be here from 11 am - 1pm.

We had an excellent discussion about body image, wellness, and mental health in young girls and women.

Parents and Guardians, check out Arboro Empowered's next parenting books series. We could all use some help navigating children's "Big Baffling Behaviors!"

☀️What a radiant group☀️
Thank you to authors for leading this insightful discussion grounded in research.
If you are a caregiver or parent of a daughter, their book is a must read!
Our next parenting book study will be Big Baffling Behaviors, led by play therapist, Anna Thomas of
Link in bio!

Crafts & Conversation is ON! Join us for free, fun, developmentally appropriate crafts for kids at LeBauer Park. We’ll be here until 1 pm. LeBauer Park at Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. GSOFamilies

Good Morning, All. If you have questions about body image and health and wellness behaviors for girls and women, join us at Arboro Empowered today at 10 am!

What an exciting day we have! We are welcoming guests who happen to also be professors from our two largest universities in Greensboro- and

Join us as we pick their brains and gain critical tools to enhancing our roles as caregivers (10-11 with ) and/or entrepreneurs (11:30-12:30 with )

Registration not required - see link in bio for details.
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We are thrilled that DUCKie Julie Peebles (co-supervised by Janet Boseovski and Stuart Marcovitch) has been recognized with a Judge’s Choice Award at the UNCG Graduate Research Showcase for her Master’s thesis presentation, “’My Body Does So Much for Me’: How 8- to 10-year-old Girls in Dance Feel About Themselves and Their Bodies’”

Way to go! Next on the agenda: Julie plans to submit this excellent work for publication. UNC Greensboro Graduate School UNCG Research UNCG College of Arts & Sciences

Crafts & Conversation is ON! Join us on this beautiful morning at LeBauer Park at Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. We’ll be here until 1 pm.

DUCK Lab fans: We'll be at Arboro Empowered on Tuesday to talk about body image, wellness, and health in women and girls. Join us!

👋Meet the authors: Dr. Janet Boseovski, developmental psychologist) Dr. Ashleigh Gallagher,a social psychologist and engage in conversation about their book, Beyond Body Positive!

📚Beyond Body Positivity shows moms how to harness the mother-daughter relationship to help their daughters build healthy body image and foundational wellness behaviors beginning early in life and through late childhood (3 to 10 years of age), a period when key developmental milestones take place.

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Arboro Empowered

⏰5:00-5:30 Book Signing
5:30-7:00 Conversation with the authors

🎟️ Boro members are free with their membership or you can grab a ticket for $10 at arboroempowered.com

Please join us in congratulating DUCKie Julie Peebles on the excellent defense of her Master's thesis on "Body Image of Girls in Dance: Examining Experiences of Physical Appearance and Ability" this morning. Julie's committee members are Drs. Janet Boseovski and Stuart Marcovitch (faculty advisors), Dr. Paul Silvia, and Dr. Erin Reifsteck. UNCG Department of Psychology UNCG Research UNC Greensboro Graduate School

Please join us in congratulating DUCK Lab Co-I Dr. Jess Caporaso for winning the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award for professional track faculty!

In addition to mentoring several project students each semester, "Dr. Cap", as she is affectionately known by hundreds of our psychology undergraduates, has done an outstanding job in creating our current advising system, which has been adopted by other departments.

Caporaso wins 2026 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, professional track category | Undergraduate Research, Scholarship & Creativity Dr. Jessica Caporaso in the Department of Psychology has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the UNCG Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Award in the professional track faculty category.

Crafts & Conversation is ON right now at LeBauer Park at Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc.! Join us for fun, free, developmentally appropriate crafts for children. We’ll be here until 1pm.

Join us for Crafts & Conversation this weekend! Our *incredible* team prepares fun, developmentally appropriate crafts for your children and they're also available to talk all things development (or just let you hang out and relax!). We'll be at LeBauer Park at Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. from 11 am - 1 pm on Saturday.

Gotta catch ’em all this week!
Pokémon Go lands Wednesday, and the DASH for Down Syndrome takes the spotlight Saturday.

Learn more about all of our upcoming events at https://www.greensborodowntownparks.org/... and with inclement weather on the radar, always stay up-to-date on park information on our social media feeds.