Child Development Classics

The Myth of “the Mozart Effect”: When Good Research and Bad Journalism Combine

{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 just released in the journal Child Development addresses an interesting issue--do moms' thoughts and expectations (i.e., …

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 …

A few weeks ago I wrote a post entitled, "The Power of Words" in which I described studies showing that the gap in academic achievement …

I just heard about an interesting new cause/educational campaign for new parents that I thought was worth sharing. It's called CLICK for …

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 …