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Children’s Drawings May Indicate Later Intelligence
How 4-year-old children draw pictures of a child is an indicator of intelligence at age 14, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Researchers studied 7,752 pairs of identical
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Warmer Parenting Makes Antisocial Toddlers More Empathetic
Pacific Standard: When parents act warmly and responsively toward young children who exhibit antisocial behavior, the children begin acting more warmly too. That’s according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, in which researchers examined whether there
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Inclusion Affects Language Skills of Preschoolers With Disabilities
Education Week: The “peer effect” of attending preschool with children who have strong language skills offered a benefit to students with disabilities, according to a study of more than 600 children conducted by researchers at Ohio State
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The Science of Fatherhood
MPR News: Parenting is hard work – we’ve always known that. There are major biological and life changes that occur when you welcome a baby into your home. Social scientists, however, have been taking a
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When Kids Start Playing To Win
NPR: This week, NPR Ed is focusing on questions about why people play and how play relates to learning. It’s a playful word that’s developed something of a bad reputation: “competition.” The fear among some parents is
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The Kids Who Beat Autism
The New York Times: At first, everything about L.’s baby boy seemed normal. He met every developmental milestone and delighted in every discovery. But at around 12 months, B. seemed to regress, and by age
