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

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

Adults tend to think they have much free will. Kids younger than six are less sure. They may be more realistic!

We fear death so profoundly, not because it means the end of our body, but because it means the end of our consciousness - better to be a spirit in Heaven than a zombie on Earth.

The brain is highly structured, but it is also extremely flexible. It's not a blank slate, but it isn't written in stone, either.

Caring, whether for children or the dying, shouldn't be instrumental. It should be an intrinsic, moral good.

Some people say that parents don't matter, and that's not true at all. The irony is that we pay attention to all these things that don't matter, and not to what does matter, such as parents having enough resources to provide an environment where their children have both security and freedom.