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Making Eye Contact With a Baby Changes Both Your Brain Waves, Study Says

By Belinda Luscombe

The Secret Power of Play

By Siobhan O'Connor

Lead Exposure In Childhood May Lower IQ

By Alexandra Sifferlin

How Childhood Trauma Can Cause Premature Aging

By Jeffrey Kluger
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What Rahm, Zeke and Ari Emanuel Were Like Growing Up

"If there wasn't blood, it was a good night."

By Charlotte Alter and Diane Tsai

Ben Carson: Report Questioning Childhood 'A Bunch of Lies'

GOP presidential candidate fires back at CNN report

By Victor Luckerson

Rediscovering Albania: A Photographer’s Tribute to His Homeland

Albanian photographer Enri Canaj revisits his motherland

By Lucia De Stefani

We Are Measuring Childhood Poverty Wrong

Ethnically lumping groups of Asian-Americans together is creating a grave misperception of wealth

By Stephanie Clintonia Boddie / The Conversation

Children With Mental Health Problems Are Also at Risk as Adults

A new study suggests that psychiatric problems in childhood are linked to several negative outcomes in adulthood

By Tanya Basu

How Classroom Curriculum Can Impact Children's Friendships

Simply placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom will not guarantee peer acceptance or friendships

2 Things That Lead to a Happy Life, Backed By Research

I’ve posted a number of times about two nearly-lifelong studies: the Terman Study (covered in The Longevity Project) and the Grant Study (covered in Triumphs of Experience.) While different in some respects, both followed a...

By Eric Barker

Why I Hate Gratuitous Childhood Graduations

"It’s not noteworthy that your kid is officially a middle schooler; it’s expected"

By Billie Criswell / xoJane

Sexual Violence Against Children Is Worldwide Problem

New surveys show many victims do not receive help

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Vin Diesel Spent His Childhood in an Artists’ Commune

But his old stomping ground of the West Village was a lot grittier back then

By Belinda Luscombe

A Bad Childhood Can Literally Age You, Study Says

Researchers say childhood adversity and psychiatric disorders may be linked to cellular changes that cause aging

By David Stout

I Can't Get Back the Thanksgivings of My Childhood and That Is OK

I learned that food cooked with love definitely tastes better than food that isn’t

By Michelle Longo

Powerful Photos of Child Sex Abuse Survivors

Photographer Lorena Ros survived sexual abuse, now her newest project highlights the strength and dignity of other survivors.

By Lorena Ros

Maybe Orphanages Aren't So Bad After All, Study Says

Author of biggest study to date says the institutions have been unfairly stigmatized

By Belinda Luscombe

Sweet Simplicity: Blowing Soap Bubbles for the Very First Time

Photos by LIFE's Gjon Mili of a young girl playing with soap bubbles for the first time capture so many aspects of childhood: the wonder, the innocence, the simplicity.

By Ben Cosgrove

Rock at Coney Island With Bleachers' Jack Antonoff

The guitarist talks about the inspiration behind his latest musical project, Bleachers

By Diane Tsai
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