My research since grad school has focused on children’s temperament, and it’s one of my favorite things to talk with parents about. Temperament refers to children’s individual differences in their ...

Meghan Walbert is Lifehacker's Managing Editor. She has a degree in journalism and has worked at Lifehacker as a writer and editor since 2018, covering parenting, foster care, online child safety, and ...

Did you ever wonder why parenting strategies that were so effective with one of your children do not seem to work for the other? Or why approaches that you remember being used by your parents do not ...

The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration, marked by festive decorations, delicious food and cherished traditions. However, for parents, it also can be a time of stress and challenges, ...

A recent study among 3- to 7-year-old children showed that children's motor skills benefitted if a child was older and participated in organized sports. Additionally, the study provided information ...

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: Personality Development in Childhood and Adolescence (July 2005), pp. 315-334 (20 pages) While there is a general consensus that temperament ...

A group of international researchers examined parental methods to help toddlers sleep across 14 cultures and found that these methods are related to the development of a child’s temperament. The ...

There are few things more entertaining or interesting than watching a roomful of children. It’s noisy and bustling and offers a lot to learn. Almost from the start, you’ll see some very familiar ...

A child's temperament appears to be affected by the early stages of their life. Researchers have found children who were born very preterm (under 32 weeks gestation) or very low birthweight (under ...

Temperament is made up of innate characteristics that affect the way we respond to the world. These traits are particular to each individual, and parents of multiple children say that no two children ...

"Children who tend to have an active type of temperament, as well as children who show persistency when faced with challenges can be motivated and persistent in learning and rehearsing motor tasks.