Child development theories focus on explaining how children change and grow over the course of childhood. These developmental theories center on various aspects of growth, including social ...

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

Child and Adolescent Development is the study of the biological, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and development of the child from conception through emerging adulthood. Using theory, ...

The graduate program in child development is a multi-disciplinary, two-year program leading to a Master of Science degree. This program offers students an in-depth examination of cognitive and ...

You may have heard that a child’s first seven years of life are critical to their development, but it’s not as set in stone as it seems.

Over the last 75 years, a number of theorists and researchers have identified the values of imaginative play as a vital component to the normal development of a child.

That title — well, them’s fightin’ words. With publication of “The Myth of the First Three Years,” author John T. Bruer has gotten quite a bit of attention (including … ...

In an unfortunate feedback loop, child development theorists have taken the cultural bias of separation and independence and created theories that are then used to guide parents in raising their ...