In a brain scan, relational pain—that caused by isolation during punishment—can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in ...

When we constantly steer playtime, we may actually be getting in the way of the very skills we’re trying to build.

This blog is cross-posted on the Mason Arts Research Center Blog and was co-written with Kaylee Chulla, M.A. student, George Mason University. When thinking about how engaging in the arts may ...

Mistakes are an inescapable part of life. This is especially true during childhood—where kids make most use of trial and error to learn the ways of life. Almost ...

That’s a question parents, pediatricians, educators, and caregivers ask over and over again as children grow and change. To help answer this important question, child development experts have created ...

Children carry the emotional imprint of their parents long after childhood ends, and that imprint is shaped by daily actions ...

Alan Alda finds out how human social networks compare to those of chimps and watches babies pick cooperative puppets over those that won't play. Cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke tests the ...

A new study from the University of Chicago investigates one potential source of discrepancy in child skill level: disparity in parents’ beliefs about their influence over their children’s development.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. Mothers bear much of the ...

Many Japanese mothers are reluctant to send their children to childcare before the age of three due to the 'Three-Year-Old Myth,' which suggests that healthy development requires a child to stay at ...