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 ...

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 ...

Walk into a California preschool during the coronavirus pandemic, and you might see children playing alone inside their own hula hoop. Gone are family-style meals and snacks where children serve ...

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.

Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...

From left are: Pam Kearns, center director, Wilkes-Barre Child Development Center; Heather Yore, preschool teacher, Wilkes-Barre Child Development Center; Marlene Knaub, board president of Child ...

The study found that misconceptions about the brain and child development — such as most toddlers go through a “terrible twos” stage — are pervasive. Belief in psychological myths about the brain and ...

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 ...

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 ...