Adolescence is often seen as a period when parents step back and peers step in. Yet in many parts of the world, parents ...

A new study suggests that not having any maths education after the age of 16 can be disadvantageous. Adolescents who stopped studying maths showed a reduction in a critical brain chemical for brain ...

Parents who listen to children's problems instead of immediately solving them build stronger trust, boost self-esteem, and ...

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

After the fall of communism in Romania, thousands of children were discovered in institutional orphanages across the country. Because of high child-to-caregiver ratios, these children were neglected, ...

Here's the thing about math that nobody tells you: it's less about memorizing formulas and more about knowing which tools to reach for. By fourteen, students should have a problem-solving toolkit that ...

This is the fourth post in a series on emotional connection between parents and children at different stages of development. Adolescence reminds many parents of the toddler years, with stormy moods, ...