To Smoosh Peas Is to Learn by Perri Klass M.D., The New York Times, December 23, 2013 A study published this month found that playing with their foods is a way for toddlers to learn what they are.
Posts under ‘Developmental Psychology’
The Power of Talking to Your Baby
The Power of Talking to Your Baby by Tina Rosenberg The New York Times, April 10, 2013 The amount of language children hear in their first three years plays an important role in their future learning: the more talk from parents, the better.
A Firm Grasp on Comfort
A Firm Grasp on Comfort by Perri Klass, MD The New York Times March 11,2013 Blankies and lovies — transitional object — serve a crucial purpose, easing stress as children, even young adults, come into their own.
In the Middle: Why Elderly Couples Fight
In the Middle: Why Elderly Couples Fight by Susan Seliger December 17, 2012 New York Times Degenerative relationships are not uncommon among the elderly in even the happiest marriages. Both mental and physical changes feed the discord, marriage therapists and geriatricians say.
Friends of a Certain Age
Friends of a Certain Age By Alex Williams The New York Times July 13, 2012 The period for making B.F.F.’s, the way you did in your teens or early 20s, is pretty much over. It’s time to resign yourself to situational adult friends.
What’s Behind A Temper Tantrum? Scientists Deconstruct The Screams
What’s Behind A Temper Tantrum? Scientists Deconstruct The Screams by Shankar Vedantam NPR Health Blog 12/5/2011 The key to a new theory of tantrums lies in a detailed analysis of the sounds that toddlers make during tantrums. In a new paper published in the journal Emotion, scientists found that different toddler sounds – or “vocalizations” […]
The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood
The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood By Natalie Angier, NY Times, December 26, 2011 Around 5 or 6, children experience an endocrinological event (andrenarche) that propels them toward the ability to control impulses, to reason, to focus, to plan for the future.
A Child’s Nap Is More Complicated Than It Looks
A Child’s Nap Is More Complicated Than It Looks By PERRI KLASS, M.D. New York Times September 12, 2011 What makes a child nap? Most parents cherish toddlers’ naps as moments of respite and recharging, for parent and child alike; we are all familiar with the increased crankiness that comes when a nap is unduly […]
What Is It About 20-Somethings?
What Is It About 20-Somethings? by Robin Marantz Henig in NY Times Magazine, August 22, 210 …JEFFREY JENSEN ARNETT, a psychology professor at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., is leading the movement to view the 20s as a distinct life stage, which he calls “emerging adulthood.” He says what is happening now is analogous to […]