Toddlers. In addition to being world-class tantrum-throwers and tiny dictators, they’re also natural explorers and imaginative inventors who see the potential in everything from cardboard boxes to ...

Child care is expensive and scarce for children under age 3, when the benefits from quality child care are highest. The first few years of a child’s life are profoundly consequential in terms of brain ...

While the majority of young children in licensed child care attend a center-based program, many families—especially families of infants and toddlers—choose a home-based family child care provider. 53 ...

Susie Allison is a former teacher and mom of three. She is the creator of Busy Toddler and author of Busy Toddler's Guide to Actual Parenting: From the First "No" to Their First Day of School (and ...

A stay-at-home mom who handled every aspect of childcare and household management for a full year said she was exhausted ...