As a parent, you help your children learn skills to walk, talk, eat, and learn. As children grow into tweens, they need new skills to navigate feelings and emotions – and you’re the perfect person to ...

Videos of caregivers chatting with babies as if they’re adults are going viral and sparking conversation. Instead of relying on traditional “baby talk,” some parents are choosing to speak to their ...

According to Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, children under two can understand language and even communicate before they ...

Reading to baby is still the best way to teach language skills. Educational TV programs, instructional videos and even some computerized games claim to help children develop language skills. But ...

Screens and pandemic quarantine have atrophied young people’s ability to connect. Move over, ‘stranger danger.’ Gen Z is contending with an actual threat: isolation. WATCH: Ideas contributor Joe ...

Aishwarya Raji, a medical doctor and mom from India who read some of my Psychology Today posts on baby/toddler reading, reached out to me. Her story highlights four science-based lessons for teaching ...

As a seasoned mom, I know that mealtime with babies and toddlers can feel less like a wholesome family moment and more like a food-throwing, tantrum-inducing circus. But here’s something that might ...