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To strengthen your mind, work with your hands, says former astronaut Leland Melvin.

Mothers who tested positive for chemicals found in common cosmetic products were more likely to have girls who hit puberty early.

Being raised indoors might be the reason young Americans struggle in the adult world.

It’s not just a case of “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”

With so much emphasis on mothers, turns out fathers have to be equally vigilant in their habits.

These psychological principles can make you more resilient.

Money makes the world go ’round. Unfortunately, it can make both children and adults into materialists.

He was recruited by Jim Henson himself in 1969.

James Patterson on teaching kids to read.

Economic necessity and growing isolation are making some middle-class families try coparenting, explains author Alissa Quart.

What can parents and friends of trans people do to help them beat the dismal mental health and suicide statistics? A lot, says Elijah Nealy.

Want to tax corporations without scaring them off, outsmart a calculating kid, or get rid of the world’s nuclear warheads? Think like a game theorist.

Is “alloparenting” the end of family as we know it?  

In 1944, the economist, physicist, mathematician and computer scientist John von Neumann published a book that became a sensation, at least among mathematicians – Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. […]

Following 14,000 people since the 1940s, these cohort studies offer insights into parenting, education, health, and the impact of poverty.

Infants can learn a lot about the world—if adults know the right ways to encourage them.

There are four main stages. Each has its own particular set of advancements and challenges.   

The psychopath gene can be expressed in one of two ways. Here’s what stopped James Fallon’s psychopathy from becoming destructive.

A groundbreaking study from a Harvard University team suggests that monogamy may be genetically programmed within some mammals.

85% of parents undermine their own efforts, nullifying the impact of a time-out.   

The benefits of actively playing chess are supported by numerous studies. 

What is masculinity? Should gentlemen watch pornography? How do we raise sons to be better than their fathers? What’s for dinner? Comedian Jim Gaffigan mulls over these big questions and more.

Narcissists aren’t born – they’re made, says development psychologist Alison Gopnik. She takes issue with the popular notion that children need to unlearn brashness and learn civility, when neuroscience shows that it tends to work in the reverse.

Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik has done more than just ‘think of the children’, she wrote a book – and it rules favorably for free play and the end of scholastic parenting.

Genius kids are caught in the Goldilocks oatmeal paradox – if there’s too much heat on extracting their ability they suffer, but keep too cool a distance and they’ll be wasted.

The word parenting, as a verb, has only been around since 1958. Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik examines when caregiving became the art of hovering, and the pitfalls and anxiety of trying to shape children instead of raise them.

A new study finds that spanking is ineffective and leads to a host of psychological and cognitive issues when children grow up.