April 30, 2026 - Students at college campuses across California recover hundreds of pounds of unserved food from dining halls to serve to their hungry classmates. Lauren Shuffrey is a developmental ...

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Ten years ago, Profs. Ariel Kalil and Susan Mayer co-founded the Behavioral Insights and Parenting (BIP) Lab at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy to better understand the ...

Children grow up in a complicated world full of many factors that impact their development. A new paper from the Center on ...

Babies are not passive learners. From birth, they actively use wonder to transform experience into understanding. Learn how ...

Kids love to do things on repeat. The same books read over and over, the same games, the same questions. It can be exhausting for parents, but researchers say repetition is key to childhood learning.

My daughter needed independence when she went to college. Even with my background in child development, it was hard for me to let go.

Educators and researchers around the world, especially in countries with limited resources, need cost-effective, scalable ...

Researchers delve into the bilingual experience and its impact on children's context-sensitive perception of trust, offering insights into how language diversity can enrich and benefit children's ...

In many homes, conversations about children’s growth often focus more on physical needs and comparisons with other children. Parents become anxious when their child develops differently from others of ...

Addis Ababa, May 28, 2026 —Child development experts have praised Addis Ababa’s growing investment in green spaces, safe play ...