What Being a Stay-at-Home Mom Taught Me About Child Development (that a Ph.D. didn’t!)
{I may have a Ph.D. in Human Development, but the best child development lessons I’ve learned in child development …
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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 …
The Overlooked Aspect of a Child’s Personality That Can Have a Powerful Effect on Your Parenting
{A basic overview of temperament in children and the role it plays in child development} What is Temperament and Where …
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 …
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 …
TV Exposure and Children’s Language Development
A new study was just released yesterday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine sheds more …
New Podcast: Common Child Development Myths
Awhile back I had the opportunity to record a podcast with one of the co-founders of Tumblon, a wonderful website that …
5 Parenting Lessons Research Taught Us This Year
Well, the year 2017 is officially in the history books. Along with it, shelves full of parenting research become part of …
“Day Dreaming” Among Students May Not be All Bad
As school begins across the country, you may remember back on your own days as a student. I bet many of us recall …