How to Build Emotional Intelligence in Children
Over the past two decades, emotional intelligence – often shortened to EQ or EI – has become a not-so-secret elixir of success. It is credited with building brain circuitry and increasing …
What Is Theory of Mind?
What the hell is Theory of Mind? So, your toddler likes to bite you. Or maybe she’s busy pulling the hair of her siblings. Or maybe her pretend play is to act out sleeping and eating. It’s …
Study: Fathers Respond Differently to Toddler Sons, Daughters
A study recently found fathers of toddler daughters are more attentive to their daughters’ needs than fathers of toddler sons, suggesting that a father daughter relationship could be materially …
Strengthening Willpower: How Your Brain Works Against Your Goals
All of us want to change something about ourselves – we want to be more organized, to lose weight, to Carpe Diem more often in team meetings, to procrastinate less, or to be more even-tempered. …
New Study Sheds Light on Genetic Causes of Anorexia
New research sheds light on what causes anorexia and upends popular understanding of it as an eating disorder caused by low self-confidence and poor body image. Researchers have identified a …
The Surprising Sources of Next-Gen Contraception
Thor may look like he can impregnate with one smouldering glance. But there’s a plot twist. Researchers may have found the secret to the next generation of contraceptive medicine in an …
A More Accurate Method for Detecting Pain in Infants
Researchers have developed a new, more accurate way to identify when infants are in pain – welcome news to parents whose pre-verbal children must undergo surgery and other invasive procedures. …
Eating Fish while Pregnant: What We Do and Don’t Know
This article started out trying to put together a chart, similar to the one below by the US’ Food and Drug Administration, to advise women which Indian fish are best for pregnant women and in …
You Can’t Blame Your Kids for Not Sleeping Well Anymore
You can no longer blame your kids for not sleeping well. (At least, not entirely.) In a review of research related to sleep and aging, published this month in the journal Neuron, experts posit …
Helicopter Parenting Effects Young Men, Women Differently, Study Says
A new study published this month in the Journal of Child and Family Studies has found helicopter parenting may affect male and female children differently into young adulthood. Helicopter …
Education of the Future Is Not About Knowledge
We are living in a post-knowledge era. It may have snuck up on you. In 1997, Google didn’t exist; by 2007, according to Google’s own analytics, 372 billion Google searches were made each day; by …
Bad Science Behind Reported Link Between Herpes and Autism
A recent study has been making the media rounds with headlines touting a link between genital herpes and autism — more specifically, a mother’s herpes flare-up during pregnancy and a …
The Power of the Question
What is a question? Why do kids ask questions? What is the importance of curiosity? Questions appear almost in tandem with the ability to speak and multiply as quickly as children grow – if not …
New Study Links ADHD to Delayed Brain Development
In the latest in ADHD news, a new study, published this month in The Lancet, adds to the growing body of evidence that ADHD in children is the result of delayed brain maturation. Researchers from …
There’s More to Doodling Than You Think
“Pay attention!” It’s every parent, teacher (or boss’s?) reaction to the person sketching stick figures in the margins of a report, or doodling in class. But research shows that the doodler …
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