Tag: Charles Nelson

  • Science & Tech

    Turns out smarter kids are made, not born

    A study co-authored by experts at the Graduate School of Education found that mothers with positive mindsets can mitigate the negative effects of maternal stress on mother-child interactions and help promote children’s healthy development.

    Mei Elansary (left) and Dana McCoy.
  • Health

    A child’s memory in military time

    Harvard specialists discussed research on memory development during a seminar aimed at helping military families talk to their children about deployments and homecomings.

  • Campus & Community

    Learning better

    In an event at the Harvard Business School’s Spangler Center, author Ellen Galinsky talked to principals, child-care providers, and parents about the “seven essential life skills every child needs.”

  • Science & Tech

    ‘Breathtakingly awful’

    With 8 million orphans living in institutions worldwide, an ongoing Harvard study highlights the devastating effect institutionalization has on children, providing support for a switch to foster care.