{How you can use guided play to maximize education and fun for you and your child} "Mom, I want a combine to play with like the one in …
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Research-Backed Benefits of Being an “Older” Mom
{The medical community may tell us about all the risk of "mature" motherhood. However, psychology is showing us that there are real benefits …
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 help researchers understand when …
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 …
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 to be both …
TV Exposure and Children’s Language Development
A new study was just released yesterday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine sheds more light on the …
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 helps parents track …
Not Just Child’s Play
We all know that children love to play, but have you ever considered that play may actually serve an important developmental function? More …
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 history too. …