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Aug 19 People who came through hard childhoods often carry real strengths, a steadiness under pressure, a fine radar for other… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 18 The mother who parents two children differently isn't playing favorites Rachel Santos
Aug 18 Astronauts returning from six-month ISS missions come home measurably taller because the spine's intervertebral discs… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 18 Your parenting style may not be shaping your child's personality the way you think The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 17 Toddlers offered four toys instead of sixteen play in episodes lasting roughly twice as long, a finding University of… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 17 Tough conversations at work go better with two simple moves the research backs The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 16 At around age four, most children begin drawing a sun with a smiling face and rays shooting from its edges regardless… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 16 When a child sprinkles iron filings onto a sheet of paper laid over a bar magnet, the tiny slivers stand up and align… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 14 In 1901, a schoolteacher in Rome named Maria Montessori noticed that children in her observation classroom would repeat… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 14 In 1922, Howard Carter's team lifted a sealed alabaster jar from Tutankhamun's tomb and found paint pigments still… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 14 The signs said to prove your adult child merely tolerates you tend to be normal, not damning The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 14 Parents who constantly tell a child “you’re so smart” may be building a surprisingly fragile kind of confidence The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 13 In 1990, just 3% of Americans said they had no close friends outside their family The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 13 In 1903, cousins Edwin Binney and C The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 13 When a child rolls a ball of air-dry clay too thin at the edges and thick in the middle, the outer rim loses water… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 12 Researchers comparing problematic and non-problematic teen phone users found the difference had less to do with how… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 10 The things 1970s kids complained about most, the boredom and the being sent outside until dark, are the very things… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 10 Real behaviors do signal that someone dislikes you, usually a sustained absence of warmth rather than one cold moment… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 10 Introverts are often told they need solitude to recharge, but 8,769 momentary reports found that choice mattered Lachlan Brown
Aug 9 In 1839, Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped a mixture of rubber and sulfur onto a hot stove and discovered… The Artful Age Editorial Team