We all have that one friend who boasts their toddler is intuitive and wise beyond their years. These children get labeled ...

When we understand how children grow emotionally, we can support them more effectively. Milestones can be helpful guides, but remember that many children struggle with emotion regulation, especially ...

My daughter refused to eat dinner after I cooked a meal she had liked just last week, and I felt really mad. But wait; did I? It was more than irritation, and there was some frustration, but I wasn't ...

We often think of reflexes in a physical sense. At your annual primary care check-up, your doctor may tap your leg. You naturally kick without thinking about it. However, child psychologists reveal ...

Most parents want to do right by their children, but miss crucial emotional skills that could change their child’s entire life trajectory. Here’s how parents can raise “emotionally intelligent” kids.

Elementary school teachers often play a special role in their students’ lives, wiping away their kindergarteners’ tears when they’re missing their parents or supporting their fourth graders through a ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. A couple of years ago I was at the ophthalmologist with my six-year-old daughter. The optician asked me ...

A new study by a team of Finnish researchers recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (PNAS) analyzes where we feel emotions in our bodies. Through ...

The AI field has made remarkable progress with incomplete data. Leading generative models like Claude, Gemini, GPT-4, and Llama can understand text but not emotion. These models can’t process your ...