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.

If parents are the fixed stars in the childs universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby.

Being a grandmother is a wonderful thing, so my advice is skip the children. Go straight to the grandchildren.

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.

It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old.

The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect.

Philosophers and psychologists have long puzzled over the question of how we know as much as we do despite our limited experiences. One way is to see how children learn. Another example is consciousness. The concept is usually explored by armchair academics. Looking at kids expands our conceptions of consciousness.