What if improving children’s reading skills didn’t start with another worksheet, but with a rescue mission? Across ...

Part of life is growing up from a child into an adult. It's a process in which we learn from our mistakes and work through our problems to get the skills necessary for the next part of our lives.

Studies show that people-pleasing—when someone devalues their own ideas to uphold those of others—is more common in women than men. And the social pressure for girls to follow the status quo takes ...

I cannot count how many times I’ve asked the internet for parenting advice. (It’s a lot.) Parenting is a wonderful and important job, but it’s also really tough — and there’s no manual! Because no ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley (THE CONVERSATION) I’m in a coffee ...

I'm in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother's bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the table, bench and floor. It's a chaotic—but functional—solution to the problem.

A tech company out of San Diego is working to solve the vexing problem that is child care, by creating a platform where employers, working parents and child care providers can connect and transact.