The role of early interventions in improving the lives of children Orazio Attanasio discusses an integrated approach to researching childhood development March 23, 2021
How do genes and environment interact? Michael Meaney discusses the long-lasting effects of childhood experiences March 9, 2021
Overcoming adversity Dante Cicchetti on the impact of difficult life conditions and the role of resilience in child development February 22, 2021
Caring for children: Meeting basic needs is not enough What is often overlooked is attention to children’s cognitive, social, and emotional needs by Kathryn L. Humphreys and Pia Viviani / November 24, 2020
Children’s shifting responses are more than what they seem Repeated questioning can result in variable responses because children are leveraging the social context to learn about the world by Elizabeth Bonawitz / January 9, 2020
Early childhood education and care practices across countries Detecting common barriers and development opportunities by Elizabeth A. Shuey / November 18, 2019
“There are no disadvantages to raising children bilingually” Linguist Jürgen Meisel encourages parents to take advantage of children’s innate language ability from birth Interview by Caroline Smrstik Gentner / October 7, 2019
The mystery of childhood mental health Neurobiologist Michael Meaney explains why he is determined to discover how early circumstances might dictate children’s mental health Interview by Helena Pozniak / August 12, 2019
Measuring the tides of talk What talk means for children’s cognitive development by Katrina d’Apice / June 3, 2019
A fair start in life begins even before children enter school How socioeconomic background affects a child’s development by Manja Attig / May 27, 2019
Men rarely work in early education – does it matter? Having a male early educator might make a difference in a child’s development. A combined male-female workforce seems to have many benefits by Jack Graham / May 17, 2019
All children can greatly benefit from guided play With new models of guided play, we will be able to design more effective educational interventions and help to close the achievement gap by Aisha Schnellmann / April 23, 2019
