How can you wire your tween’s brain for achievement when it starts pruning?

Children's brains grow rapidly, forming as many as 250,000 neurons per minute. Around the age of 11, the brain will start “pruning,” which is the process of keeping connections that are useful and eliminating those that are not. At about this age, the formation of new neurons slows down, and the…

What is the best way to stimulate your baby’s brain?

According to Harvard research, the “serve and return” model of interaction is the best way to stimulate your baby's brain. The Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University suggests the “Serve and Return” method, where – just like in a game of tennis – the baby will serve up…

How can you help your teenager make better moral decisions?

To help your teen make better decisions, first of all, you have to understand the adolescent brain. It is programmed by nature to reject the comforts of home to seek out the new and different in order to work up the courage to leave a secure family and establish a…

How do children form negative beliefs that carry over into adulthood?

Children will often connect two events that are not really related and then form negative beliefs about themselves. Because of what Piaget called Transductive Reasoning, your child may connect two events that have no logical connection, and may feel responsible for things she has no control over. For example, if…

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