PARENTING SCIENCE

We can do this — and show our children the power of community If you have been living in the United States since 2025, you probably find it hard to keep track of the sheer number of illegal and corrupt attacks against our rights, freedoms, safety, financi…

On Saturday, October 18th, folks across the United States will gather in a demonstration of peace, love, and unity.

Friends and fellow families from every walk of life and political persuasion: Please join the peaceful, mass movement to defend democracy.

Families unite!

When children show signs of toilet training readiness, they may learn toileting skills more easily or quickly.

Who should decide whether a child gets access to life-saving care?

In many cultures, people believe in an afterlife, where "personhood" continues to exist in the absence of a physical body.

Are little kids hopelessly selfish?

Peer pressure and social conformity starts long before adolescence.

What happens when adults lie to children?

These evidence-based baby sleep tips can make bedtime easier, and help speed up the development of mature sleep patterns.

Telling kids they are smart might seem like encouragement, but it can backfire.

Babies possess amazing learning abilities.

The science of infant toilet training.

Tangram puzzles may boost spatial skills and enhance math skills.

Research suggests that babies can tell when parents are fighting, and chronic conflict may affect the brain.

Permissive parenting might seem like the "no discipline" approach.

School uniforms may have benefits, but they don't seem to boost morale or achievement.

If authoritarian parents are demanding, shouldn't their children be better-behaved and more successful in the classroom?

Depending on how you define it, the Mozart effect either doesn't exist, or is a weak phenomenon with an extremely misleading name.