Kids do listen to their parents from time to time, especially when they aren't supposed to. Here's what research says about ...

Children everywhere start out similar, but culture shapes how sharing, honesty, and cooperation grow over time.

Empathy grows in the small stuff. These everyday moments help children notice feelings, take another person’s perspective, ...

Hyesang Chang and colleagues, from Stanford University, explored why some children struggle to learn math compared to their peers in a new JNeurosci paper. Children selected which numbers were bigger ...

Kids are learning machines…but how do they do it? Cognitive scientist Elizabeth Bonawitz is helping us understand how ...

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More parents are turning to digital tools to teach their children how to earn, spend, and save responsibly. From managing chores to tracking spending in real-time, new apps are reshaping how families ...

Between curriculum changes and technological advances, schools today no longer teach kids these 11 old-fashioned lessons.

The number of children being home-educated nationally has risen from 111,700 in autumn 2024 to 126,000 in autumn 2025, ...

After more than two years of war disrupted the education of 700,000 students, UNICEF is working with partners to get every ...