Center for Developmental Science

Does your child seem to wear the pants in your family?
It's time to take a dive into the the reasons for your child acting out against you.

The 3 Types of Children Who Bully Their Parents … and the good news and bad news about dealing with each.

Is your child being bullied at home? How so you ask, perhaps by none other than their own siblings...

Can You Handle Your Children’s 3,351 Conflicts? The risks of leaving sibling squabbles and bullying behavior unchecked.

"The capacity to be alone, is an important sign of emotional maturity. Including putting oneself to sleep, and it begins in the early years of life."

Helping Toddlers Sleep on Their Own (and Enjoy Being Alone) The capacity to be alone is a vital developmental milestone.

The bacterial influences of the first 1000 days of life play a role in brain development and behavior. Read on to learn more!

Developing Your Gut-Brain Axis: The First Thousand Days In the first thousand days, proper brain growth depends on a healthy microbiota.

Read on to learn about how important the evolved nest is for establishing the trajectory of children toward good health and thriving.

Thriving or Just Surviving? Are Your Children Nested? Some of the experiences that predict thriving in children.

We're all aware that play time is important. Check out 20 Benefits of Spending Time Outdoors AND 20 Ways to Increase and Enhance Your Child’s Outdoor Time!

Take a Walk, Throw a Ball, Splash in the Puddles 20 Benefits of Outdoor Time, and 20 Ways to Make It Happen

What if we focused our compassion on the bully rather than on the victim?
Read below for a unique approach to tacking bullying.

A Different Take on How to Stop Bullying Bullying a bully doesn't work. Here's what does.

With the summer quickly approaching, kids have the option to spend more time outdoors.
This article simply puts, that dirt can make us psychologically strong.

Kids Need to Eat Dirt and Get Dirty Being out in the wild can improve a child’s physical and mental resilience.

Adolescents tend to display 2 types of fear: Fear from ignorance and fear of the unexpected, both are normal. What can parents do to care for their tween?

Early Adolescence and the Fear of Change Beginning adolescence, developmental change can feel scary. That's okay.

Here are 6 helpful steps to take when your child talks about her feelings of jealousy:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-raise-happy-cooperative-child/201904/handling-your-child-s-jealousy

Handling Your Child’s Jealousy

It is important to carefully focus praise on behavior rather than on character so as to avoid providing a platform for narcissism in children.

Self-Esteem and Narcissism in Children From a young age, self-esteem promotes mental health. Narcissism can harm it.

"Spirituality can create a sense of peacefulness, curiosity, a deep sense of empathy with others’ suffering. Children who grow up into adults who are resilient, optimistic, have a sense of belonging and feel connected to others."

Why We Need To Raise Spiritual Children Now More Than Ever The sense of urgency to tackle spirituality stems from recent events.