TOPIC: Brain Development
“Where’s Your Common Sense?” Inside the Teen Brain
Why can’t she think before she acts? Why does he get so emotional so easily? How much freedom do I give her to decide how she spends her time? How do I give him the skills he needs for meaningful relationships?
Do questions like these ever run through your mind? If so, you might be interested in hearing about some cutting-edge science on the adolescent brain that helps shed some light on these questions.
Baby Einstein - Help or Harm?
In case you haven’t heard, researchers at the University of Washington have published a new article Journal of Pediatrics regarding the effects of television viewing and language development in children under 2 years old. Frank Zimmerman and colleagues interviewed 1,000 parents in the Minnesota and Washington region and found that for every hour per […]
The First Born Advantage?
In recent studies published in Science and Intelligence, and reported by the New York Times, the eldest children in the family tended to develop higher I.Q.’s than their siblings; a slight but significant difference that may have a big cumulative effect. The researchers also stated that the results clarify the debate on nature vs. nurture. […]
Surfing Your Child’s Emotional Tsunami
Here’s a conversation I recently had with my 7-year-old when he wasn’t at his logical best.
Ben: I can’t go to sleep. I’m mad that you never leave me a note in the middle of the night.
Me: I didn’t know you wanted me to.
Ben: You never do anything nice for me, you do things at night for Luke, and I’m mad because my birthday isn’t for 10 more months, and I hate homework.
