Parents, and the home environments they create, can also have an important influence on a child's development; in fact, a child's home environment can affect the ways that certain genetic traits ...

Western Michigan University's child and family development program will prepare you to work with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children and their families in a variety of settings. This ...

From the start, babies eagerly explore their world-and that includes themselves and other people. Babies spend a lot of time getting to know their own bodies. They: Suck their own fingers Observe ...

Find out how using music and rhymes with your child can help their language and literacy development. Again, again! You’ve probably noticed that your toddler seems driven to repeat some types of ...

Child development professionals can work as early childhood educators and preschool administrators. They can study child development in online classes in psychology, sociology, education and ...

The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) has released a new book for practitioners in the field of early child development. “A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low- and ...

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant ... explore the effect that talking about past events has on her child's language skills. Why your child might think you're a mind reader ...

The pandemic created disruption and family stress that may have lasting effects on young children’s social and emotional development ... the health of an unborn child Researchers are trying ...