Preschool care should be universally available and offer the services that families need from pregnancy.
Professor Kenneth A DodgeAugust 2019
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Many parents say they plan to stop corporal punishment of their children after a parenting skills program.
Professor Seth ScholerJuly 2019
Study shows a correlation between screen time at age of 3 and missed early childhood development milestones at 5.
Sheri MadiganMay 2019
Overbearing parents can harm toddlers’ capacities to manage their feelings and actions, opening pathways to later difficulties with school and friends.
Professor Lilly ShanahanMay 2019
Controlling parenting is counterproductive, undermining children’s self-regulation and their capacities for responsibility.
Wendy S. GrolnickMay 2019
Parents boost language development in early childhood by naming what children see, touch, smell, taste and do as they play.
Professor Catherine S. Tamis-LeMondaFebruary 2019
The demise of corporal punishment is slow because of lack of clarity about effectiveness of different forms of child discipline.
Professor George W. HoldenFebruary 2019
Pretend play is both vital and unique to humanity even if, as research suggests, more of it does not boost cognitive learning or creativity.
Paul L. HarrisDecember 2018
