Raising Imagination

Child Development

How the Experience of Wonder Shapes Children

Erika Bocknek Ph.D. on June 2, 2026

Babies are not passive learners. From birth, they actively use wonder to transform experience into understanding. Learn how to cultivate wonder at home and in the classroom.

Babies are not passive learners. From birth, they actively use wonder to transform experience into understanding. Learn how to cultivate wonder at home and in the classroom.

Stress

Stress and Adaptation: The Body Listens, the Mind Imagines

Erika Bocknek Ph.D. on June 30, 2025

Discover how your stress response is actually working for you—and how imagination can help you adapt, even when the world makes it hard to find a clear path forward.

Discover how your stress response is actually working for you—and how imagination can help you adapt, even when the world makes it hard to find a clear path forward.

Imagination

Does Imagination Depend on High IQ?

Erika Bocknek Ph.D. on March 11, 2025

Imagination development supports flourishing for all children. Learn how to help children with cognitive disabilities tap into their own creative potential.

Imagination development supports flourishing for all children. Learn how to help children with cognitive disabilities tap into their own creative potential.

Imagination

Raising Imagination Is a Lost Parenting Art

Erika Bocknek Ph.D. on August 26, 2024

Raising children with positive mental wellness and the skills to navigate a complicated world begins with supporting a strong imagination.

Raising children with positive mental wellness and the skills to navigate a complicated world begins with supporting a strong imagination.