That’s a question parents, pediatricians, educators, and caregivers ask over and over again as children grow and change. To help answer this important question, child development experts have created ...

Piaget’s stages of development describe how children learn as they grow up. There are four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Jean Piaget was ...

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Groups of immigrant mothers from Japan and South America knew less about child development than did their European ...

PBS Parents-- PBS's online resource for parents and caregivers. Site includes tips and articles from child development experts, activity searches, and information on PBS programming and local events.

Historically, mothers have received more research attention than fathers. And mothers have more often been characterized as children’s primary caregivers, whereas fathers have been characterized as ...