What Children Know

Sleep

Children Are Know-It-Alls

Jacqueline Woolley Ph.D. on May 23, 2013

Do you ever get the feeling that young children should be much more respectful of how knowledgeable you, an adult, are about the way the world works? Children are constantly acting as if they know more than we do. What makes young children act this way?

Do you ever get the feeling that young children should be much more respectful of how knowledgeable you, an adult, are about the way the world works? Children are constantly acting as if they know more than we do. What makes young children act this way?

Magical Thinking

How Do We Explain the Unexplainable?

Jacqueline Woolley Ph.D. on March 15, 2013

Walter works hard every day, making barely enough money to survive, but still finds time to volunteer countless hours at the local animal shelter. One day Walter stumbles upon a $100 bill on the sidewalk. Coincidence? Or did Walter simply have good luck? Or was it karma? Or was God watching over him?

Walter works hard every day, making barely enough money to survive, but still finds time to volunteer countless hours at the local animal shelter. One day Walter stumbles upon a $100 bill on the sidewalk. Coincidence? Or did Walter simply have good luck? Or was it karma? Or was God watching over him?

Fear

The All-Important Annual Birthday Party

Jacqueline Woolley Ph.D. on January 10, 2013

Rarely do we stop to consider why we have birthday parties in the first place. What do children understand about birthdays and birthday parties?

Rarely do we stop to consider why we have birthday parties in the first place. What do children understand about birthdays and birthday parties?

Fantasies

Imagining the Impossible at Christmas Time

Jacqueline Woolley Ph.D. on December 11, 2012

It’s the question that often raises the most angst in expecting parents. No, it’s not what to name the baby, or how to decorate the room, or whether to let the child sleep in the parents’ bed. It’s the hesitantly raised question that many consider years before they are even expecting children, “And what about the Santa thing?"

It’s the question that often raises the most angst in expecting parents. No, it’s not what to name the baby, or how to decorate the room, or whether to let the child sleep in the parents’ bed. It’s the hesitantly raised question that many consider years before they are even expecting children, “And what about the Santa thing?"