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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 …
More Evidence that “Difficult” Babies are Most Influenced by Parents
{Research is helping us see temperamentally "difficult" babies in a more positive light. With this research in mind, parents can be …
Child Psychology Classics: The Mirror Test
At some point or another many parents have placed their infant in front of a mirror and wondered if their child could understand that it was …
The Revealing Reason Why Kids Love Video Games
{Parents often ask why are video games addicting to kids? Research gives us some surprising answers about the appeal of video games} I’m …
Why You Should Bother Reading Child Development Research
Sneak peek: Parents base many of their decisions on intuition, so why even bother reading child development blogs? Why research still …
50 Best Child Psychology Blogs
{Our parenting journey often involves a lot of questions about how to make the best decisions for our children. These are some of the best …
Finding Meaning in the Mayhem: How to Spot (and Survive) a Toddler Growth Spurt
{Toddler growth spurts can influence our children's behavior in challenging ways. Find out what to look for using the toddler growth spurts …
What a Baby’s Temperament Tells Us About Their Long-Term Development
{Baby temperament is a common topic of interest among new parents. Parents wonder if temperament predicts anything about their future …