Kids do listen to their parents from time to time, especially when they aren't supposed to. Here's what research says about ...

Books trump screens when it comes to reading comprehension, as Yahoo News reported. A new meta-analysis of the link between leisure reading and comprehension confirms previous findings that printed ...

Children everywhere start out similar, but culture shapes how sharing, honesty, and cooperation grow over time.

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Empathy grows in the small stuff. These everyday moments help children notice feelings, take another person’s perspective, ...

Between curriculum changes and technological advances, schools today no longer teach kids these 11 old-fashioned lessons.

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More parents are turning to digital tools to teach their children how to earn, spend, and save responsibly. From managing chores to tracking spending in real-time, new apps are reshaping how families ...

Hyesang Chang and colleagues, from Stanford University, explored why some children struggle to learn math compared to their peers in a new JNeurosci paper. Children selected which numbers were bigger ...