Understanding how kids think, learn, and grow is important for parents, educators, anyone else who is part of children's lives, and, frankly, anyone who wants to gain insights into the impact of their ...

Play is more than just fun and games for children. It’s a crucial element of healthy development, shaping their physical, cognitive, social, and emotional well-being. Through play, children explore ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. Mothers bear much of the ...

Historically, mothers have received more research attention than fathers. And mothers have more often been characterized as children’s primary caregivers, whereas fathers have been characterized as ...

In a newly published book, I wrote a chapter called “Evolution and the Parenting Ecology of Moral Development.” I describe how evolutionary theory is often mischaracterized as only about genes, a ...

The study of human development is a rich and varied subject. We all have personal experience with development, but it is sometimes difficult to understand how and why people grow, learn, and act as ...