Parenting & Education

At the time a baby is born, most of the body organs are pretty well developed. The heart, lungs and digestive systems are all fu...

When writing my Huffington Post piece on children and gun play, I found myself wondering what would happen if everyone under...

James Heckman is one of the nation’s top economists studying human development. Thirteen years ago, he shared the Nobel for eco...

Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medi...

Preschool might seem like nothing more than child’s play — a riot of high-spirited kids engaged in finger painting, blockbuildin...

When Philip Wiederspan began teaching first-grade at age 25, he was the only male, except for the gym teacher. His former New Je...