child development

Why Guided Play is the Secret to Playtime with Your Kids

Play-Based Learning · February 28, 2017

{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 …

Parenting Research · August 28, 2018

{The medical community may tell us about all the risk of "mature" motherhood. However, psychology is showing us that there are real benefits …

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 …

Dr. Richard Friedman, a professor of psychiatry, recently wrote an article published in the New York Times that I found to be both …

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

Uncategorized · May 21, 2009

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 …

Education · February 26, 2009

We all know that children love to play, but have you ever considered that play may actually serve an important developmental function? More …