Child Development Classics

How to Survive Colic: Reflections from Science

{As someone who has survived colic with a newborn, I know how challenging it can be. A few ideas from science and personal experience on how …

We all know that young children love repetition. If you have been around a child under the age of 3 lately, you know this well. They repeat …

Okay, we all know that sleep training is one of the most often-debating topics among child development and parenting circles. Some parents …

Awhile back I wrote a post about the classic "mirror test" in psychological research. This test is meant to help researchers understand when …

{Think listening to Mozart will make your baby or toddler a genius? Think again. The true story behind "the Mozart Effect."} National …

A new study was just released yesterday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine sheds more light on the …

Sometimes a research study comes along that just makes you wonder, "How did that researcher think to study that?" I recently came across a …

I'm sure many of you parents out there have had several weeks (if not months) of your children making lists of what gifts they want for the …

There was recently a fascinating story on NPR about closing the achievement gap between high and low-income children by focusing on …