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Aug 5 A 2002 study in Developmental Psychology found that children who coped with ongoing peer exclusion by ignoring it were… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 5 A 2017 Cognitive Science study found that adults who copied an unfamiliar artist's drawing first went on to create more… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 5 Children do not remember being optimised, but they do remember the parent who made soup on a weeknight, took the longer… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 4 Home used to answer for safety. This time the answer was grass, and my mother's hand, and a woman I had known for… Nato Lagidze
Aug 4 At four months old, babies can already tell red from yellow, but bold black-and-white patterns still stand out because… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 4 Parents who narrate every step of a craft with their child aren't more engaged, research on parent-child play finds the… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 4 A recent academic paper found that early childhood researchers themselves repeat words like STEAM and innovation so… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 3 A 40-year study that followed 700 children from birth found that a third of the ones raised in the worst possible… Kiran Journals
Aug 3 Kids in the 1960s and 70s spent whole afternoons with no adult within shouting distance Daniel Moran
Aug 3 Psychology says the loneliest people in retirement usually aren't the ones with nobody around Daniel Moran
Aug 3 A study that followed 1,000 children from birth to age 32 found that a single trait measurable at age three predicted… Kiran Journals
Aug 3 During World War II, chemists at Dow Corning and General Electric independently made a bouncing silicone putty that… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 2 A 2013 survey found 84 percent of American parents and 98 percent of Chinese parents admit lying to their own children… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 2 A 2024 study of 7,182 adults in England found engaging in arts and crafts boosted life satisfaction as much as having a… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 1 If your young child seems to have no friends, it helps to know that children usually play alongside one another for… Lachlan Brown
Aug 1 In a 2006 study, 18-month-old toddlers helped a stranger who needed assistance across most of ten tasks without being… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Aug 1 A video call with a baby fails at almost everything, the lag ruins conversation and peekaboo lasts ninety seconds, but… Jeanette Brown
Aug 1 A study of adults praising children found they gave inflated praise like incredibly beautiful twice as often to the… The Artful Age Editorial Team
Jul 31 3,395 people across four studies on how different generations use their phones found that boomers and teenagers reach… Kiran Journals
Jul 31 When a child pours vinegar onto a mound of baking soda in a paper-mache volcano, the acid and base swap partners in… The Artful Age Editorial Team