Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW Key Takeaways Child development theories help explain how children grow socially, emotionally, ...

Children's Environments, Vol. 9, No. 2, Children's Changing Access to Public Places (1992), pp. 3-9 (7 pages) Playing is defined here as imitation whereby children become acquainted with the world of ...

Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has been a central framework for understanding how children grow and learn. His model describes development through four sequential stages: sensorimotor, ...

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The graduate program in child development is a multi-disciplinary, two-year program leading to a Master of Science degree. This program offers students an in-depth examination of cognitive and ...

Theory and research find that the early years of life provide an important foundation for later childhood and adult development. Although much of this research has focused on early childhood, we ...

CARLA MEESKE IS NOT the type to fret over the niceties of child-development theory. In her entire career tending to the psyches of young children, she scoffs, "I read a psych paper maybe twice." ...

Do you remember feeling pressure as a child to do better at school, fit in socially, or behave more appropriately? Making the right decision was not always as easy as adults and cheerful children's ...