For parents, caregivers and teachers, it's often tempting to base our thinking on a child's development around what we understand as "normal." Much of the time we do this without thinking, describing ...
A new study finds occasional childhood lying is normal, while persistent dishonesty linked with aggression may require early ...
Researcher Dorsa Amir, at the time a post-doctoral research fellow at Boston College, works with a child in Uganda completing a “fairness task” as part of a five-country study of the how cooperation ...
Children across the globe engage in a constellation of behaviors that support cooperation, an action critical to the survival of the human species, a team of Boston College researchers report today in ...
Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...
From parenting norms to health beliefs, several 1960s practices are now considered harmful based on modern psychology, ...
Early childhood has received a great deal of attention in recent weeks, as Australia has sought to understand ways to relieve the cost pressures on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The ...