Parents face an increasingly difficult decision: embrace technology in children’s education or protect their developing ...

Television is a powerful agent of development for children, particularly those in preschool. But when does TV become detrimental to a young child's mind? A recent paper found that preschoolers who ...

Encouraging low-income families to stimulate their toddlers with play and involve them in household activities can improve the children’s cognitive and socio-emotional skills development, Yale ...

Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has been a central framework for understanding how children grow and learn. His model describes development through four sequential stages: sensorimotor, ...

Research on infant thinking suggests that babies are more complex thinkers than was once believed. There is now evidence that, by the end of their first year, children are capable of logical reasoning ...

Proper nutrition and psycho-social stimulation is critical for the physical and cognitive development of young children. Many programs in sub-Saharan Africa have provided short-term responses to food ...