Child Study Center at Rutgers

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202508/back-to-school-struggles

Back-to-School Struggles The first day of school can be hard on kids and on parents. Here are some tips from science about how to make the transition a little easier.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202507/is-there-a-right-way-to-potty-train

Is There a Right Way to Potty Train? Potty training is hard, and can drive a parent nuts. Here's what research says (and doesn't say) about what to do and when.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202506/is-there-a-right-way-to-express-emotions

Is There a Right Way to Express Emotions? Amanda Knox and Karen Read both had emotional responses to murder that made people suspect them of guilt. But is there really a right and wrong way to respond to murder?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202504/why-chatgpt-thinks-professors-are-men-and-so-do-our-kids

Why ChatGPT Thinks Professors Are Men—and So Do Our Kids Why AI reflects our own gender biases and what science says about how early those biases develop.

The Child Study Center has a new mobile lab space where kids can participate in live science at Imagine That! Come visit us there with the whole family and be part of science!

https://imaginethatmuseum.com/

So proud of our undergraduate research assistants who presented their work during Research Week!

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202503/how-to-not-give-up

How to Not Give Up How do we encourage kids to be persistent and persevere on challenging tasks? Research suggests that our own behaviors matter for how to keep kids from giving up.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202502/why-children-cant-just-wait

Why Children Can’t Just Wait It's hard for kids to wait to get something they really want. Here's how parents can use cross-cultural research to help them build patience.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202501/when-to-let-go-of-old-goals

When to Let Go of Old Goals We've all heard, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." But is it ever OK to just quit? Research says yes—in fact, you just might feel better for it.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202412/how-to-make-your-memories-stick

How to Make Your Memories Stick Wanna keep those holiday memories for years to come? This is what scientists say about how we remember.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202410/on-the-benefits-of-napping

On the Benefits of Napping Feel like taking a nap? Here's what science says about why you should do it, when, and for how long.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/202410/the-many-faces-of-fear

The Many Faces of Fear Despite our intuitions, we all experience fear differently and for different reasons. Here's what science says about why that is.