My research since grad school has focused on children’s temperament, and it’s one of my favorite things to talk with parents about. Temperament refers to children’s individual differences in their ...

Meghan Walbert is Lifehacker's Managing Editor. She has a degree in journalism and has worked at Lifehacker as a writer and editor since 2018, covering parenting, foster care, online child safety, and ...

Did you ever wonder why parenting strategies that were so effective with one of your children do not seem to work for the other? Or why approaches that you remember being used by your parents do not ...

A recent study among 3- to 7-year-old children showed that children's motor skills benefitted if a child was older and participated in organised sports. Additionally, the study provided information ...

A recent study among 3- to 7-year-old children showed that children's motor skills benefitted if a child was older and participated in organized sports. Additionally, the study provided information ...

Parents of young children with an excitable or exuberant temperament could adapt their parenting style to help moderate their child's potential development of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ...

Parents with temperamental children should pay special attention to helping them develop good eating habits. These children are more susceptible to developing an unhappy relationship with food, ...

Temperament is made up of innate characteristics that affect the way we respond to the world. These traits are particular to each individual, and parents of multiple children say that no two children ...

A child's temperament appears to be affected by the early stages of their life. Researchers have found children who were born very preterm (under 32 weeks gestation) or very low birthweight (under ...