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Be your child’s first math teacher!

Until the last century, many parents, educators and even scientists believed that children...

You don’t have to be born with math skills; solving problems is a matter of studying and motivation.

That may not seem like su...

Some lament loss of trial and error.

Ask scientists of a certain age about their childhood memories, and odds are they’ll star...

My house is on the verge of a language explosion.

Little Owen, now 16 months, babbles from morning to night, forming every con...

As I was preparing for a lecture on ADHD, one sentence in a 2009 UNESCO report caught my eye:

“A single ‘good’ quality study o...

– Two thirds of 10-year-olds have been given their own TVs and mobiles.

– Research among 4,000 pupils in England has linked th...