Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental.

Developmental scientists like me explore the basic science of learning by designing controlled experiments.

Becoming an adult means leaving the world of your parents and starting to make your way toward the future that you will share with your peers.

We know that kids who grow up in an environment of warmth and support will thrive and function in whatever environment they find themselves. What we need to do is to do more to help poor kids have such an environment.

We don't wife our husbands and we don't child our parents.

What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos.

We provide a secure, stable space for children to grow up in, so children will be able to take risks and have adventures and do things that are unexpected. If there isn't a risk that your children can fail, then you haven't succeeded as a parent.