Tag: Child development
Looking for a high-tech gift for a young child? Think playgrounds,...
Marina Umaschi Bers, Tufts University
Shopping for a new high-tech gift for the child in your life this holiday season? It’s easy to be overwhelmed...
Why I use Harry Potter to teach a college course on...
Georgene Troseth, Vanderbilt University
In an effort to find a more engaging way to present child development to new psychology students, I decided to use...
Parents need to start talking to their tweens about the risks...
Gail Dines, Wheelock College
Editor’s note: This article includes references to graphic sexual content that may be inappropriate for some readers.
Today teenagers are viewing far...
For baby’s brain to benefit, read the right books at the...
Lisa Scott, University of Florida
Parents often receive books at pediatric checkups via programs like Reach Out and Read and hear from a variety of...
Babies can learn the value of persistence by watching grownups stick...
Julia Leonard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
You’re at home trying to make fresh tomato sauce, but can’t seem to get the tomatoes out of their...
Growing up in the age of apps doesn’t have to be...
Janine M. Cooper, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Interactive devices allow parents to occupy their children for a time so they can complete a range of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
