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Topic: child development

Baby boy having brain tested, Seattle, Washington. (Getty Images / Aaron MCcoy)

What's it like to be a baby?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Macro eye close up. (Anastassiya Bezhekeneva / Getty Images)

Are screens behind poor vision epidemic?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Father and child playing with blocks (Getty Images/AleksandarNakic)

Why your brain needs more play: Experts

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Kids exceeding screen time guidelines

Dillon Thomas Browne, Nicole Racine, Sheri Madigan - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Jaap Buitendijk)

Why I use Harry Potter to teach

Georgene Troseth - The Conversation
Detainees are seen outside tent shelters used to hold separated family members in Fabens, Texas. (AP/Matt York)

Liberal parents: Confront border horrors

Shanthi Sekaran
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Fathers forgotten, new study finds

Joyce Y. Lee, Shawna J. Lee - The Conversation
Boying Up: How to Be Brave, Bold and Brilliant by Mayim Bialik (AP/Damian Dovarganes/Penguin Random House)

Bialik writes the book on boys' brains

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Talk to tweens about porn

Gail Dines - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Children understand other minds

Henrike Moll - The Conversation
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Babies can learn value of persistence

Julia Leonard - The Conversation
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Raising an Un-Trump

Alfie Kohn
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children learn how to lie

Gail Heyman - The Conversation
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Violent video games are safe

Matthew Rozsa
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Ban homework: It hurts kids

Scott Timberg
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Joanna Rothkopf
(AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Jeff Chiu/Mary Altaffer)

Ed reformers' favorite canard

Elias Isquith
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