Perri Klass

Many people use educational videos with their young children with the hope that these shows will improve their development. But a new study out last week says these videos may in fact impede learning. When should children be allowed to watch television?

Alleged causes and cures of autism spark confusion and debate, while once heralded studies (such as the Wakefield study linking MRR vaccines to autism in 1998) occasionally get retracted. What’s true and what’s not?

An advocate for an approach called “unconditional parenting” says that time outs and positive reinforcements are actually bad for children later in life. We speak to author Alfie Kohn and pediatrician and mother Perri Klass.