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Childhood & Growing Up
The emotional, imaginative, and developmental side of childhood, from early creativity to the years when kids begin becoming themselves.
- Jul 21, 2026 A meta-analysis pooling 18 randomized controlled trials found that structured empathy training programs reliably… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 A study of 103 young adults doing a visual-spatial memory task found that talking out loud to themselves as much as… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 Two separate studies help explain why some people automatically become the center of attention By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 A study that followed workers from six months before retirement to a year after found that people who prepared across… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 Two large bodies of research on self-defeating behavior found matching patterns By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 Two separate large-scale studies help explain why the biggest achievements often come later than people expect By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 Two separate studies on awe found it does more than feel pleasant By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 Two of the most well-established studies on memory found that the habits most people rely on to avoid forgetting are… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 Two classic studies on confidence found real evidence for what actually separates it from overconfidence By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 Two separate bodies of research on staying calm found matching evidence By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 20, 2026 An analysis of decades of census data found the share of prime-working-age American adults living without a spouse or… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 20, 2026 Two separate studies on home life help explain why coming home can feel dreaded rather than restful By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 20, 2026 A foundational study that developed and validated a scale measuring 'need for closure' found that people high in this… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 18, 2026 Two separate long-term studies on aging found evidence against the idea that later life is mainly about winding down By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 18, 2026 A randomized controlled trial of 210 adults found that an eight-week online assertiveness training program produced… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jul 18, 2026 A series of four studies found that how a partner responds when you share good news, genuinely enthusiastic versus… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team