It's easy to want to be the perfect parent when you have kids, but making mistakes as a parent is pretty natural. In fact, it's part of the equation for raising successful kids, developmental ...

In the fields of social and emotional development, attachment theory has been well-researched, furthering an understanding of relationships, families, and parenting strategies. Attachment theory ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life lessons start on day one—literally. A crying infant is learning how to communicate. However, actions often speak louder than ...

A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was ...

We are living in an age of metaphorical parenting. First it was tiger parenting. Then helicopter parenting, snowplow parenting, and free-range parenting became trends. Now, gentle parenting is having ...

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The college’s preschool offers psychology students hands-on research on child development and aims to model effective early ...