Child Development Classics

The Key to Making Sense of Your Child’s Crankiness: Understanding Toddler Growth Spurts

{How understanding toddler growth spurts might just give some meaning to your child's crankiness. P.S. it's helpful for older kids …

{Is baby babbling just useless gibberish or does it aid in development? Research points to the role of parents in how infants develop …

{The 4 parent-child attachment styles are helping in understanding the dynamics of bonding} Thanks to my last post, we now understand the …

{What are the best classic books for baby brain development? New research helps us sort through the choices and points to a certain type of …

{When I began looking past the attachment parenting "rules" and focused on the relationship with my sons, a new outlook on parenting …

One of my favorite parts of being a parent is reading books to my kids, especially picture books. Despite their simple structure, good …

As a parent you will probably never forget that moment, when your baby was around six weeks old, when he or she smiled at you for the first …

{I may have a Ph.D. in Human Development, but the best lessons I've learned in child development have been by being a stay-at-home …