Parenting & Education

Human brains are slow to develop — a secret, perhaps, of our success.

At every stage of early development, human babies lag be...

There is nothing simple about speech, and there is nothing simple about
speech delay — starting with the challenge of diagnosin...

Having an only child is desirable from a wide range of viewpoints and
practicalities, but that doesn't make decisions about fam...

It has long been held that boys are better than girls at math, and this stereotype helps explain why women continue to lag behin...

Bilingualism gives children a distinct cognitive advantage over
their monolingual peers, says a study by a York University prof...

Despite what you have seen in your own homes, parents, sixth graders
do read. And the more fiction they voluntarily consume—as ...