For parents, caregivers and teachers, it's often tempting to base our thinking on a child's development around what we understand as "normal." Much of the time we do this without thinking, describing ...

• Babies and toddlers may experiment with lying as early as 8 months old, according to a new study. • Early lying shows that your child’s brain is developing social intelligence and problem-solving ...

A new study finds occasional childhood lying is normal, while persistent dishonesty linked with aggression may require early ...

When it comes to understanding motor skills and language development, it’s important to understand the context in which an individual child is growing up. For parents, carers and teachers, it’s often ...

During child development, cell differentiation proceeds, with interactions from various perturbations. The PCA will map age-dependent trajectories of cell and tissue interactions over childhood ...

We often use the terms pretend play or make-believe play (the acting out of stories which involve multiple perspectives and the playful manipulation of ideas and emotions), that reflect a critical ...

Few stages are as important for the proper development of a child as the sexual stages. Because children are experiencing something profoundly new and unexpected (even if it is actually radically old ...