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As a developmental psychologist, I’m fascinated by how rapidly today’s childhood is being reshaped by technology. From toddlers swiping tablets to preschoolers chatting with virtual assistants, digital media has become woven into the fabric of family life. Parents often feel torn between wanting their children to benefit from educational content and worrying about screen‑time harms. This first blog post distills recent scientific findings about screen use, artificial intellig

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) has long been regarded as a cornerstone of intervention for children with developmental and behavioral challenges, particularly those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Rooted in the science of learning, ABA focuses on shaping behavior through reinforcement and environmental modification. Its structured, data-driven approach has yielded measurable gains in communication, self-help, and academic skills for thousands of children. Howe

Sleep is not just downtime; it’s a highly active and dynamic biological process that is essential for the developing brain. During sleep, a child’s brain is busy consolidating memories, reorganizing neural pathways, regulating hormones, and strengthening the connections that support learning and emotional health. Far from being a passive state, sleep is when the brain engages in growth and repair, helping children build the foundation for attention, reasoning, creativity, and

From a neuroscientific perspective, the infant brain is the body’s most energy-intensive organ, consuming nearly 60% of basal metabolic energy in early life. This extraordinary demand reflects rapid neurogenesis, myelination, synaptogenesis, and pruning—the cellular events that lay the foundations for cognition, emotion regulation, and behavior. While macronutrients provide bulk energy, several vitamins and lipids function as catalysts and structural elements in neural develo