For many of us, COVID-19 has completely changed how we work. Remote work might have its advantages for some, but when the kids are out of school and libraries and museums are closed, juggling two roles at once can be a challenge. What is a parent to do? As two developmental psychologists dedicated to understanding how children learn and play, these questions are filling our inbox.
Valley Settlement: Deep-Listening Tour Becomes Targeted Programming for Colorado Community
El Busesitos Bring Free, Mobile Preschool to Five Neighborhoods
When children hop aboard one of Valley Settlement’s El Busesito mobile preschools in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, they’re taking a...
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...
Lived Experience Sabra Bell remembers what it was like to be pregnant and low on funds. “Extra cash would have...
Mental Health Support for Toddlers Has Lagged in Texas. That’s Now Changing
Lawmakers and child care centers are pushing for a statewide mental health system for toddlers.
It had only been a year since Estelle Sievert and her wife, Jane, joined the foster care program at SAFE...
On Tomorrow’s Ballot, New Mexico Votes on Funding Universal Child Care
Q and A with a New Mexico Child Care Policy Expert
New Mexico made national headlines in the spring of 2022 when Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham waived child care subsidy copays...
Everyone counts—homeless or hedge fund manager, black or white, undocumented or Mayflower stock. This is America, right? So what’s up...
“Our health system is failing women” are the unequivocal opening words of a report issued this past spring by Early...
A former editor of mine, while editing a policy-heavy story that needed more depth, lamented the demise of beat reporting....
When you see a baby gazing on the world, you might imagine a little sponge passively soaking up information. Don’t...
Listening to Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek talk about education can feel like the first time you visit one of those frozen yogurt places where you add your own toppings. You start with a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but it’s all so good, you don’t know quite where to stop.
Babies and small children might not immediately come to mind when we think about people dealing with chronic stress. But...














