A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...

The Child & Family Blog, a leading online resource that explains child development research findings to lay audiences, has named UB psychologist Julie Bowker as its vice president. Owned by the ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. In 1966, when ...

An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday that mistakenly included plans to terminate more than 150 research grants related to child and family well-being ...

Dr Jacqueline Harding, director of Tomorrow's Child and an early childhood expert at Middlesex University, argues that the young child's brain is inherently designed to be playful, and this is crucial ...

Researchers discovered that unusually high temperatures can hinder early childhood development. Children living in hotter conditions were less likely to reach key learning milestones, especially in ...

Children (anyone under 18 years of age) can participate as research subjects only if the research meets certain standards, defined in the federal regulations (Subpart D of 45 CFR 46). Specifically, ...

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A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was ...