Young Children is a peer-reviewed professional journal published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Young Children issues are organized around topical clusters that ...

In this article, I address issues and trends, past, present, and future, in beginning reading instruction. I also trace the development of a related issue in the broader context of early childhood ...

Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) impose stressors on development. Comparative studies have focused mostly on the units’ medical qualities and less on their developmental ‘ecology’. The aim of the ...

Cross-posted from Digital Education: Everyone from parents to teachers to physicians continues to worry about how much time children are spending in front of computer screens. But in the ...