When you don't know what's the truth and what's the lie: ... Mark Everson, child development specia.. http://bit.ly/8wMH0B

Postpartum Depression and Child Development (Paperback) http://bit.ly/6qXIpp

Growing the Habit of Gratitude
 Thanksgiving cometh, and ‘tis the season to "count our blessings, and name them one by one" as the old song goes. It's a good practice for all of us, and it seems that our country would be a lot better off if its citizens would reduce...

Talk trumps TV for child development http://bit.ly/804yMr

Reading an article from zero to three Go Play,http://tinyurl.com/592lmb #parenting #mentalhealth #child-development

A sense of autonomy is a primary reward or threat for the brain
This is the fourth in a series of five posts about the big drivers of threat and reward in the brain. So far I have posted about status, certainty and relatedness. This week let's explore the issue of autonomy. Autonomy is a feeling of having choices....

Listening to Shakira on the Ryan Seacrest show. she's talking about her child development projects in latin america. Nice.

What Teachers Wish They Could Say To Parents
A former student, now a third -grade teacher, asked me to consider this question: "What do you do when you have a kid you can't stand?"She made me nervous. But I'll do my best. I'm taking a deep breath and getting ready to duck when defensive...

Moral Adults: Moral Children
 In the Brother's Grimm fairy tale, "The Old Grandfather and the Grandson," a young married couple has grown tired of the husband's father, who lives with them, and who has become increasingly feeble. They stop inviting him to the...

Native language shapes the melody of a newborn baby's cry [Not Exactly Rocket Science]
Telling the difference between a German and French speaker isn't difficult. But you may be more surprised to know that you could have a good stab at distinguishing between German and French babies based on their cries. The bawls of French newborns tend...

Native language shapes the melody of a newborn baby's cry [Not Exactly Rocket Science]
Telling the difference between a German and French speaker isn't difficult. But you may be more surprised to know that you could have a good stab at distinguishing between German and French babies based on their cries. The bawls of French newborns tend...