It is well-recognized that the first few years of life represent a sensitive period for growth, early learning and brain maturation 1. As a result, the scientific understanding of the formational ...
Parents and professionals focus a lot on children’s behavior. Is the behavior appropriate? Is the child well-behaved? How do we manage children’s behavior? But pediatrician Claudia Gold suggests that ...
There is an open secret in the study of child development: Most of what we think we know about how babies develop is actually based on a specific subset of kids—those born to families from Western, ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
The focus of this multidisciplinary journal is the synthesis of research and application to promote positive development across the life span and across the globe. The journal publishes research that ...
Preparing students to become administrators of child development or family services programs, early childhood educators, counselors and more! The Human Development, Family Science and Counseling ...
The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, finds ample evidence that changes in brain structure ...