MetaFilter posts tagged with childdevelopment

Your unborn child as produce

Ogre Lawless — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:30:55 -0800

Your unborn child as produce - You'll never look at chard the same way again.

Hey Mom And Dad, Leave Those Kids Alone!

amyms — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:52:54 -0800

Leave Those Kids Alone. The idea that parents should be engaging in play with their children is a modern concept (and not necessarily a good one, according to anthropologist David Lancy). Via.

You're so smart you probably think this post is about you

revgeorge — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:15:39 -0800

"You're really smart!" Psychologist Carol Dweck says that praising a child for being smart only teaches the kid to avoid any effort that might fail. "When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don't risk making mistakes." Malcolm Gladwell chimes in with his thoughts on the importance of being a smart kid, "What a gifted child is, in many ways, is a gifted learner. And what a gifted adult is, is a gifted doer. And those are quite separate domains of achievement."