Tag: Child development
At last, COVID-19 shots for little kids – 5 essential reads
Amanda Mascarelli, The Conversation
For many parents of kids under age 5, a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine could...
Why can’t you remember being born, learning to walk or saying...
Vanessa LoBue, Rutgers University - Newark
Whenever I teach about memory in my child development class at Rutgers University,...
When parents turn children into weapons, everybody loses
Jennifer Harman, Colorado State University
Domestic abuse can involve one parent using a child as a weapon against the...
Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle...
Toni Sturdivant, Texas A&M University-Commerce
When Mattel announced in January 2022 that it was releasing a new Barbie doll...
Trust comes when you admit what you don’t know – lessons...
Tamar Kushnir, Duke University; David Sobel, Brown University, and Mark Sabbagh, Queen's University, Ontario
Consider the following situation: Two...
The typical child care worker in the US earns less than...
Melissa M. Jozwiak, Texas A&M-San Antonio and Carl Sheperis, Texas A&M-San Antonio
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The...
Selfish or selfless? Human nature means you’re both
Keith Yoder, University of Chicago and Jean Decety, University of Chicago
Looking out for number one has been important...
Some kindergartners are more likely to be heavy users of online...
Paul L. Morgan, Penn State
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Specific groups of kindergartners in the U.S. are...