Cultural Variations in the Classic “Mirror Test”
Awhile back I wrote a post about the classic “mirror test” in psychological research. This test is meant to …
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Parenting Humor: Kids’ Letters to Santa {plus a fun way to keep the magic alive}
{Do you kids still believe in Santa? A sampling of some fun, good Santa letters from kids. Plus, a simple tool to help …
3 Top Tips for Raising a Kind Child: Realistic Ideas for Parents
{Nurturing a kind child is a goal for most parents. Research helps us find ways to model and foster kindness in our …
Resources That Will Change Your Parenting Game for the Better
Here at our house, this is the last full week of summer! All you parents out there probably know that bittersweet …
Beyond Our Own Front Door: What We Can Learn from a Multicultural View of Parenting
In the current atmosphere of parenting it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by questions and worries. It seems that many …
Summer Learning Help: 101 Educational Websites and Apps
We are already about halfway through the summer! If your kids are like mine, they like to play outside, with …
Learning in an iPhone World
As the prevalence of smart phones has grown in recent years, I have been waiting to see when development researchers …
Latest Day Care Study Finds Long-Term Effects
There has been much coverage in the media lately about the latest findings from the longitudinal study of day care …
Is There Such a Thing as a “Bad Seed?”
Dr. Richard Friedman, a professor of psychiatry, recently wrote an article published in the New York Times that I found …