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Language Lessons Start in the Womb
The New York Times: New research is teasing out more of the profoundly miraculous process of language learning in babies. And it turns out that even more is going on prenatally than previously suspected. By
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When Children Beat Adults at Seeing the World
The Wall Street Journal: A few years ago, in my book “The Philosophical Baby,” I speculated that children might actually be more conscious, or at least more aware of their surroundings, than adults. Lots of
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Turning the “Motherhood Penalty” into a “Breadwinner Bonus”
Working mothers are often offered lower salaries and fewer leadership opportunities compared to working fathers, but this penalty can be reduced by framing women as “breadwinners.”
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
Featured articles: “Why Don’t Psychologists Know More About Childbirth?” and “People Need People: Why Close Relationships Predict Health”
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Why parenting tweenage children is more stressful than the terrible twos
Independent: The exhausted, sleep-deprived mothers of babies and toddlers may appear to be grappling with the most stressful period of their child’s lives, but experts believe it is in fact the ‘perfect storm’ of the tween
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One Mistake That Can Affect Your Child’s Weight
Real Simple: Parents who think their children are overweight may trigger a self-fulfilling prophecy, according to a new analysis of two decade-long studies. Kids whose parents considered them chunky at age 4 or 5 tended
