Parents face an increasingly difficult decision: embrace technology in children’s education or protect their developing ...

2001-07-31T02:40:44-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d6b/20010731025130002.jpgIn the opening session of a two-day “White House Summit on Early Childhood ...

The average number of children per family in the United States has fallen dramatically, from seven in 1800 to fewer than two in 2018. That’s good news for kids’ cognitive development, suggests a ...

Early childhood is a critical period for brain development, which is important for boosting cognition and mental well-being. Good brain health at this age is directly linked to better mental heath, ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- A multi-million dollar gift is helping a local university advance research on nutritional sciences and its effect on early childhood cognitive development. On Tuesday, the ...

Children, especially those living in big cities, are experiencing less and less time in nature which can lead to a decrease in cognitive development, according to a study published by Nature ...

Federal programs to help families balance the competing demands of work and raising their young children focus almost exclusively on subsidizing nonparental care. Yet, many families still lack access ...

Parents want what’s best for our children—and our current parenting culture offers an endless stream of suggestions for how to set kids up for success. Though most of this advice focuses on individual ...

Research on infant thinking suggests that babies are more complex thinkers than was once believed. There is now evidence that, by the end of their first year, children are capable of logical reasoning ...