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Childhood & Growing Up
The emotional, imaginative, and developmental side of childhood, from early creativity to the years when kids begin becoming themselves.
- Jul 21, 2026 Two classic studies on confidence found real evidence for what actually separates it from overconfidence By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 21, 2026 Two separate bodies of research on staying calm found matching evidence By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 20, 2026 An analysis of decades of census data found the share of prime-working-age American adults living without a spouse or… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 20, 2026 Two separate studies on home life help explain why coming home can feel dreaded rather than restful By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 20, 2026 A foundational study that developed and validated a scale measuring 'need for closure' found that people high in this… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 18, 2026 Two separate long-term studies on aging found evidence against the idea that later life is mainly about winding down By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 18, 2026 A randomized controlled trial of 210 adults found that an eight-week online assertiveness training program produced… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 18, 2026 A series of four studies found that how a partner responds when you share good news, genuinely enthusiastic versus… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 18, 2026 Two separate studies on getting through exhaustion found complementary answers By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 16, 2026 A study that gave more than 3,400 people simple problems with an obvious but wrong intuitive answer found that the… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 16, 2026 A national study tracking more than 2,200 heterosexual couples over six years found women initiated 69 percent of… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 16, 2026 Two long-running studies on how small, everyday patterns shape a life found matching evidence By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 16, 2026 Two separate studies on unequal household labor support what people online call weaponized incompetence By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 16, 2026 Two very different bodies of research on trusting your gut arrived at a similar conclusion By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 16, 2026 A review of research on children's risky play, climbing high, playing near speed, exploring alone, argues that this… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 16, 2026 Two separate bodies of research on broken promises found a matching pattern By The Artful Age Editorial Team