by Stacey
A fascinating new study in the journal Cognition shows that three and four-year old children attune to those who provide them with reliable information. According to this short piece in the NY Times Science section, preschoolers spontaneously keep track of the trustworthiness of those around them.
“Humans make mistakes,” Susan A. J. Birch of the […]

by Stacey
Before I had kids I thought journalism would provide the perfect opportunity to segway from work in an office to working from home. The idea was that I’d be a freelance writer for some of the day and a stay-at-home mother for the rest of the day. Sometimes this arrangement works out fine and […]

by Stacey
A new study published this week in the Journal of Pediatrics found that videos such as “Baby Einstein” and “Baby Brainy” may actually slow down vocabulary acquisition in infants eight to 16 months of age. Researchers from the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute found that for every hour per day […]

by Stacey
When I was a brand-new parent I did most of the stuff the other mothers around me were doing because I didn’t know what else to do. But one thing I decided against was signing to my baby. Frankly it just looked silly to me. Those grown women so earnestly gesturing to their babies […]