Call it baby talk, call it parentese or call it infant-directed speech—whatever term you choose, babies love it, in any... Read More
BOOK REVIEW: Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty
An Indictment of U.S. Policy and Clarion Call to Fix It
Thanks to U.S. public policy going back decades, nearly 40 million people in this country live below the poverty line... Read More
Crying is Easy; Laughing is Hard
The Science and Wonder Behind a Baby’s Laugh
The game of peekaboo is a universal language—and there’s way more to it than you might imagine. You know the... Read More
This may be one of the saddest facts you read in a while: One in three moms in the U.S.... Read More
For years, adults have been encouraged to get sufficient exercise to support their brain health. As it turns out, cardiovascular... Read More
Vocabulary for the Win with Conversational Turns
A Scalable Program for Early Learning
The massive inequality that characterizes children’s opportunity to learn and succeed in the U.S. is no secret. Children who have... Read More
Book Review: What the Eyes Don’t See: Fueled by Idealism, Backed by Science
How a Pediatrician Confronted a Public Health Crisis and Rocked a Nation
Hanna-Attisha’s riveting first-person account of the public health catastrophe that has become known as the Flint water crisis not only lays out the facts of how a government poisoned its own people; it lays open the heart of a doctor who swore an oath to protect the health and lives of the children affected. Read More
It is time to put a certain unhelpful myth to rest. For decades, a common belief has held that speaking... Read More
Infants the World Over Can Spot a Lullaby—in Any Language
Researchers Are Hot on the Trail of Why
If someone were to ask what makes a lullaby a lullaby, you might stumble a bit trying to come up... Read More
Anyone acquainted with telenovelas—those Spanish-speaking cousins of soap opera—recognizes the characters and themes: Love triangles! Family secrets! Ruthless bad guys!... Read More
