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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 23, 2026 In the mid-1950s, Kutol Products in Cincinnati was quietly phasing out its failing wallpaper cleaner when a… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 23, 2026 Research using accelerometer data found how walking is broken up matters more than how much of it happens By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 23, 2026 Research on achievement-focused parenting found real, specific costs to children By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 23, 2026 Six experiments found people consistently and significantly overestimate how devastated they'll feel after a closed… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 23, 2026 A randomized trial of couples therapy found that even severely and chronically distressed married couples, not just… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 23, 2026 Three experiments found people who wrote thank-you letters to real recipients significantly underestimated how positive… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 23, 2026 Research on genuine listening found it does more than make people feel heard By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 23, 2026 A study of over 1,700 American adults found Boomers and Millennials genuinely dislike each other more than they dislike… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 23, 2026 People who are truly pleasant and kind but have no close friends often spent decades being the one everyone called… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 22, 2026 Psychology says people who still write to-do lists by hand instead of their phone usually display these 9 distinct… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 22, 2026 Research on expectations found they quietly shape how relationships feel By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 22, 2026 A prospective study following abuse and neglect cases from childhood into adulthood found those with maltreatment… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 22, 2026 Research on overthinking found it doesn't just feel unpleasant, it measurably backfires By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 22, 2026 Research on time-of-day patterns found the difference between finishing tasks and putting them off has less to do with… By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 22, 2026 Research tracking retirees' actual daily habits found two quiet patterns behind rising loneliness By The Artful Age Editorial Team
- Jul 22, 2026 Research on children forced into adult roles early found a real cost and a documented upside By The Artful Age Editorial Team