Supporting Parent-Child Relationships

• Autism and Stress
A wide range of troubling behaviors in young children are both cause and result of stressed relationships. Addressing it early supports healthy development of the rapidly growing brain.

Face-to-Face Exchanges

• Why Screens Get in the Way Developmentally
It's the small moments — the face-to-face exchanges sometimes called “serve and return” interactions — that encourage attachment, warmth and trust between parent and child.

The Intricate Emotional Diaper Dance

• Why Diaper Changing is Important
Scientist Suzanne Zeedyk discusses how diaper changing (and the adult reaction to it) affects infant brain development.

Understanding Behaviors

• When Children Pantomime
Children’s behavior is a form of communication. Behavior management therapies and medication primarily serve to silence that communication.

The Perils of Sticker Charts

• Creating Transactional Family Relationships
Priming children to expect rewards for good behavior can harm their social skills in the long term.

Fear Conditioning in Young Girls

• What We Teach Girls
What a firefighter has to say about teaching fear to young girls and why it is not cute.

Creativity and Genius

• Raising a Creative Child
Child prodigies rarely become adult geniuses–– what holds them back is a lack of creativity.