New parents spend much of the first several weeks after birth in a haze of sleep deprivation. Once a routine is established, parents tend to be more aware and curious about their infant's physical and emotional development. The tendency is strong...
Child development encompasses all aspects, including physical, emotional and mental stages. Jean Piaget, a developmental psychologist renowned for his theory of cognitive development, identified four primary mental stages. Mental or cognitive...
The brain may well be the final frontier of biology. Though prominent psychologists and psychoanalysts have developed and expanded theories of psychological development, there are still many aspects of brain development and function that science...
Excitement and anxiety frame the mental snapshot that many parents have in sending their children to kindergarten. As you make preparations for your child's first formal academic experience, alleviate a source of parental anxiety by learning about...
A healthy parent-child relationship is critical to an infant's psychological development. It gives her the security she needs to explore her environment, teaches her to trust others and helps her learn to control her emotions. Unfortunately, when...
