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 ...

Teaching kids to be aware of emotions is just the beginning. Now, we’ll build on that foundation and look at what to expect as your child’s emotional development progresses from toddlerhood to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic created conditions that threatened children’s healthy development. Scientists and physicians raised concerns early in the pandemic, pointing out that increased parental stress, ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. One study of children with achondroplasia found that 100 percent of them commando crawled when they ...