New research shows that positive parenting can overcome the effects of poverty on healthy brain development in adolescents
The AFWI developed the video with considerable input from our partners at the Harvard Center on the Developing Child and the FrameWorks Institute. Using meta...
We often expect children to be able to do things they are not emotionally ready for yet. One example I see quite often are teachers or parents expecting little kids to be able to control their...
Instead of yelling, spanking or even giving time-outs, positive discipline encourages parents to seek connection, empathy and solutions with their children.
Numerous studies show the foundation for lifelong learning is established during the first five years of brain development. Parents, child care providers and other adults providing care to children are instrumental in encouraging minds to grow healthy and strong.
We're all juggling a lot right now—and these sweet, bite-sized rituals can help keep the peace at home.
A team of researchers show that chronic stress of poverty, neglect and physical abuse in early life may shrink the parts of a child's developing brain responsible for memory, learning and processing emotion.
Despite modern technology, reading still is the key to learning and proper brain development. Dr. Myer's tips for readying your child to learn to read.
Your brain development doesn't stop after you're a baby. It continues to grow new brain cells and connections—but decline starts earlier than you'd think.
Some Chinese children are left with relatives while their parents travel for work.
These age-based handouts help you learn how the brains of infants and toddlers grow, and how you can support healthy brain development.
For newborns, skin-to-skin contact with parents and caregivers may help shape how their brains respond to touch, a sense necessary for social and emotional connections, a new study suggests.