Your Brain on Childhood

The unexpected side effects of classrooms, ballparks, family rooms, and the minivan

by Gabrielle Principe, Ph.D.

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It's that time of year when toy retailers' websites list the hottest holiday toys. And parents feel pressured to buy them because, well, they're this season's must-haves. Read More

The iPhone has revolutionized parenting. We parents use it to peek in at our preschoolers during circle time at Happy Acres Day School, to find a route to the nearest rest stop even though we have no idea what city we are driving through, to reserve a moon bounce for our first grader's astronaut birthday party next week, and to know the wait time on Space Mountain without having to schlep Read More

Gabrielle Principe, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at Ursinus College and the author of Your Brain on Childhood: The Unexpected Side Effects of Classrooms, Ballparks, Family Rooms, and the Minivan (Prometheus, 2011).

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