Socialization and the Life Span

Infants and Toddlers

• This is what happened when psychologists gave toddlers a version of the classic Marshmallow Test (Research Digest)
• Stress in Early Childhood Could Make The Brain's DNA Remap Itself (Science Alert)
• Babies expect people to be fair. They also expect them to be prejudiced (Quartz)
• Love starts early for babies, and effects last a lifetime (Ottawa Citizen)
• Infants Know What We Like Best (Neuroscience News)
• Newborn baby development has been vastly underestimated (The Conversation)
• Babies Who Get More Cuddles Have Their Genetics Changed For Years (Science Alert)
• Hold those babies: Study shows early touch has lasting effects on babies (Today)
• Babies Might Understand Language Better Than Anyone Thought (The Atlantic)
• New Study Suggests Babies Could Learn Persistence From Adults (Inquisitr)
• How to end the word gap? Cities invest big in baby talk. (Christian Science Monitor)
• The anxious state of America is affecting babies in the womb — here’s the science (Mic)

Children

• Today’s kids are better at delaying gratification than kids from the 1960s (Quartz)
• The best parts of your childhood probably involved things today’s kids will never know (Quartz)
• Kids Notice Things That You Miss Completely (Curiosity)
• Why there’s no such thing as a gifted child (The Guardian)
• What We Learned From Watching Kids Figure Out How to Lie (Time)
• 3 Ways Your Childhood Played a Role in Your Success as an Adult (Inc.)
• Do kids have a fundamental sense of fairness? (Salon)
• The Hidden Meaning of Kids' Shapes and Scribbles (The Atlantic)
• Why do we make children sleep alone?  (Los Angeles Times)
• Kids Who Do Chores Are More Successful Adults (The Huffington Post)
• Decoding the mysteries of a child’s developing brain (The Washington Post)
• How severe, ongoing stress can affect a child's brain (AP News)

Adolescents

• Adolescence and ‘the Happiness Dip’ (The Atlantic)
• Fewer teens having sex, doing drugs but more are depressed (NBC News)
• What Teens Really Say About Sex, Drugs And Sadness (NPR)
• Here's The Science Behind Why Teenagers Make Such Bad Decisions (Science Alert)
• Today's US teens about three years behind '70s generation (Daily Mail)
• The Things Teenagers Worry About (The Huffington Post)
• Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety? (The New York Times Magazine)
• Virginity Linked to Greater Health in Teens, Says CDC (National Catholic Register)
• Teens are cutting back on drugs, alcohol, smoking and even electronic cigarettes, study finds (Los Angeles Times)
• Girls’ early puberty tied to depression, behavior problems into adulthood (Reuters)

Young Adulthood

• Should we consider adolescence to last until age 24? (The Verge)
• Should a 24-Year-Old Still Qualify as a Teenager? (Vogue)
• Changing Economics and Demographics of Young Adulthood 1975-2016 (U.S. Census)

 
Middle Adulthood

• Miserable and Middle-Aged? Is Something Wrong with You? (Psychology Today)
• Your 50s Will Probably Be the Most Unhappy Time of Your Life (Lifehacker)

Old Adulthood

• From the Elders to the Kids: What I Wish I’d Known (New York Times)