It’s Not Just Playing — Kids Have to Imagine the Impossible to Grow Their Minds
June 20, 2026 · 6 min
Can I Just Let My Kid Play Outside Instead of Studying? What 10,000 Children Suggest
June 17, 2026 · 5 min
Will an Only Child Struggle to Read Others’ Minds? Two Twists in the Research on Siblings and Mind-Reading
June 15, 2026 · 7 min
What Your Hands Do During Read-Alouds May Shape Your Child’s Vocabulary
June 12, 2026 · 7 min
“My Child Is the Only One Whose Speech Is Late” — A 17-Year Follow-Up of Those Children
June 10, 2026 · 7 min
Two Faces of a Child Who Controls a Parent — The One Who Commands, the One Who Caretakes
June 7, 2026 · 6 min
For an Anxious Child, Soothing Isn’t the Answer — Training Only the Parents for 12 Weeks Matched CBT
June 5, 2026 · 6 min
Mothers and Fathers Talk About the Same Amount — but the Words Children Hear Are Different
June 2, 2026 · 6 min
The Age When Parents Want to Drop the Nap Is Exactly When the Nap Helps Most
May 31, 2026 · 6 min
Four Sessions of a Board Game Reshaped Low-Income Preschoolers’ Sense of Number
May 28, 2026 · 8 min
Why a 10-Minute Bedtime Story Reaches All the Way to Middle-School Grades
May 26, 2026 · 6 min
What Helped Preterm Babies Catch Up Wasn’t “Good Music” — It Was Singing Together
May 23, 2026 · 7 min
“Just Let Them Run Around Outside” — Same Minutes, Opposite Effects Depending on When
May 21, 2026 · 7 min
Are Children Who Overcome Adversity Exceptional? — 30 Years of Resilience Research Found “Ordinary Magic”
May 18, 2026 · 5 min
Does Waiting for the Marshmallow at 4 Predict Success at 30? A 26-Year Follow-Up of 702 Children
May 16, 2026 · 6 min
Why Telling Your Teen “Stop Using the Phone” Makes Them Use It More
May 13, 2026 · 6 min
Seven Weeks of Changing “How to Talk” — And Child Problem Behaviors Went Down
May 11, 2026 · 7 min
Why “Moderately Supportive” Parents Produce Outcomes Similar to “Neglectful” Ones
May 8, 2026 · 6 min
How Long a 4-Year-Old Focuses on One Toy Predicts Whether They’ll Graduate College at 25
May 6, 2026 · 7 min
Two-Parent or Single-Parent — A 12-Year Study of 714 Families Found No Difference in Child Behavior
May 3, 2026 · 7 min
“Where Did They Learn That Word?” — Children Are Geniuses at Overhearing
May 1, 2026 · 6 min
The Moment a Child Stops Grabbing Toys and Starts Negotiating — What Changes?
April 28, 2026 · 6 min
“Just Let Them Play a Lot, Right?” — A Meta-Analysis Says the Quality of Play Matters More Than the Quantity
April 26, 2026 · 6 min
Is Your Second Child a Slower Talker? What Really Matters Isn’t Birth Order
April 23, 2026 · 6 min
How Do You Build a Child’s Focus and Self-Control?
April 15, 2026 · 9 min
When Your Child Is Focused, the Best Thing to Do Is Nothing
April 11, 2026 · 7 min
Children Who Start Reading at 5 vs 7 — What Happens by Age 11?
April 6, 2026 · 6 min
“I’m Usually a Good Parent, So Yelling Sometimes Is Fine, Right?” — A Study of 976 Families Says Otherwise
April 4, 2026 · 7 min
Checking Your Phone While Playing with Your Child — Nearly Every Parent Does It, but Is It Harmless?
April 4, 2026 · 7 min
Data from 150,000 Children Speaks — Does Father Involvement Actually Matter?
April 4, 2026 · 6 min
To Help Others, Children Must First Feel Safe — What 465 Kids Revealed About the Roots of Empathy
March 29, 2026 · 7 min
Is Cutting Screen Time Really Enough? What 46 Studies Actually Say
March 28, 2026 · 7 min
Children Who Understand Emotions Read Better — A Study Tracking 356 Kids Proves It
March 27, 2026 · 7 min
If AI Reads Picture Books to Your Child, Do Parents Become Obsolete?
March 26, 2026 · 7 min
Starting Early Isn’t Enough — What a 25-Country Review Says About Foreign Language Education for Young Children
March 22, 2026 · 7 min
What Screens Take From Your Child Isn’t Time — It’s Conversation
March 22, 2026 · 6 min
Will Early Foreign Language Exposure Hurt My Child? — Weighing the Concerns Against the Evidence
March 22, 2026 · 8 min
Does Talking More to Your Child Really Accelerate Language Development? — What a 4-Year Longitudinal Study Found
March 21, 2026 · 8 min
The Book You Choose Changes How Your Child Speaks — What a 6-Week Experiment Revealed
March 21, 2026 · 8 min