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Why Guided Play is the Secret to Playtime with Your Kids

Play-Based Learning · February 28, 2017

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{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

Parenting Research · August 28, 2018

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

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Cultural Variations in the Classic “Mirror Test”

Child Development Classics · October 5, 2010

Awhile back I wrote a post about the classic "mirror test" in psychological research. This test is meant to help researchers understand when …

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

Child Development Classics · July 2, 2010

{Think listening to Mozart will make your baby or toddler a genius? Think again. The true story behind "the Mozart Effect."} National …

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Is There Such a Thing as a “Bad Seed?”

Parenting Research · July 19, 2010

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

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TV Exposure and Children’s Language Development

Child Development Classics · June 3, 2009

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

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New Podcast: Common Child Development Myths

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 …

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Not Just Child’s Play

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 …

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5 Parenting Lessons Research Taught Us This Year

Parenting Research · January 5, 2018

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Well, the year 2017 is officially in the history books. Along with it, shelves full of parenting research become part of history too. …

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Amy Webb
As a mom of two young boys, I've seen first-hand how research-based child development information, combined with intuition, can guide you through your parenting journey. Although I have a Ph.D.in Human Development and Family Sciences, many of my real parenting discoveries have come through my experience. I believe parenting with confidence comes from knowledge; parenting with grace comes from insight. Join me on this parenting journey of learning and discovery

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