Parenting & Education

Decades of research have shown that a focus on effort rather than on intelligence or ability is more stimulating. In her book "M...

– Seeing a mother screaming “Sit back and shut up!” to her 18-month-old daughter, even in public, is a disturbing but not so unc...

Different areas of the brain develop and mature in different stages and at varying paces. A series of “critical periods” or “win...

– Why are girls better protected from autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and are diagnosed less often than boys from the condition?...

In the past (and even today), some people believed that, at birth, the human brain was pre-programmed and fully equipped with a...

A baby’s brain is only 25 percent developed at birth, and after three years, it reaches 80 percent of its capacity.

A newborn’...