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Explore our Development hub to learn more about the science behind how young people develop. What makes every child unique? How does the brain grow? Do genes define children’s outcomes? Is there a right way to parent? Why is play so powerful for children’s development? How can caregivers build children’s self-esteem? Discover the latest in child psychology, cognition, neuroscience, genetics, and health.

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Aisha Schnellmann / 18 November 2025

Narrated Learning & Education Development Teaching methods 21st century skills

A teacher is leading a discussion with her class.

Meeri Kim / 11 November 2025

Articles Learning & Education Development Parenting and childcare Equity

A child is doing a puzzle.

Aisha Schnellmann / 23 October 2025

Interviews Development Neuroscience Education systems

Teenagers play a brain-themed arcade dance game.

Ellis Stevelink and Mélanie Maximino-Pinheiro / 21 October 2025

Articles Learning & Education Development Teaching methods Education systems

A child holds a model of a brain.

Melissa Hogenboom / 20 October 2025

Articles Development Play Individual differences

A group of children dance.

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 16 October 2025

Podcasts Technology Development Technology and society Mental health

Lorelei Aeby, Ines Daccord, David Bürgin / 14 October 2025

Articles Development Mental health Learning environments

A teenager listens to music on headphones.

Natalia Kucirkova, Alexis Hiniker, Sho Tsuji, Robert Wolfe, Aayushi Dangol, Megumi Ishikawa / 13 October 2025

Narrated Technology Development Education technology

A child presses on a smart speaker.

Aisha Schnellmann / 9 October 2025

Interviews Development Neuroscience 21st century skills

A child and a woman water growing neurons that look like plants.

Eddie Brummelman / 8 October 2025

Videos Development Individual differences

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Jessica Felder, Tamesha Dirr, Livia von Siebenthal, Yaëlle Eschmann, David Bürgin / 7 October 2025

Articles Society Development Psychology Individual differences

A boy looks at his phone.

Anika Stark, Claudia Woodtli, Melina Pozzy, Noemi Lutz, David Bürgin / 30 September 2025

Articles Development Parenting and childcare Education systems

A mother and daughter are sitting together having a conversation.

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Annie Brookman-Byrne / 28 July 2026

Articles Development Psychology 21st century skills

Children learn and play in a tree house.

Chunyan Yang / 23 July 2026

Articles Learning & Education Individual differences

Students learn about robotics in an interactive classroom session.

Annie Brookman-Byrne / 7 July 2026

Interviews Learning & Education Development STEM Learning environments

Children learn math through physical movement.

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Alice Aizza / 15 September 2026

Articles Technology Development Education technology AI

Two kids fix a small robotic car toy together.

Libby Hills and Owen Henkel / 18 June 2026

Podcasts Technology Development AI

Amy Orben / 22 April 2026

Articles Technology Development Parenting and childcare AI

A parent and child work on a tablet together.

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Annie Brookman-Byrne / 8 September 2026

Interviews Society Development Equity Education policy

A researcher observes a family as they care for and play with one another within a nurturing environment they've created.

Fotini Vasilopoulos and Lucinda (Lucy) Grummitt / 1 September 2026

Articles Development Mental health

A little girl is playing pretend with a toy stethoscope and a toy syringe.

Roisin Perry and Iroise Dumontheil / 27 August 2026

Articles Development Psychology Equity

Children complete schoolwork together.

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