This site contains an article that discusses ten things that parents can do to provide a healthy, stimulating environment for their baby's brain development.

Features an innovative program for mothers and fathers and their first babies that aims to provide relevant information at the time parents need it most - when their baby is in their arms. This program shows strategies to manage baby...

This site from CNN provides a transcript of a short news story about the importance of early life on brain development.

This site focuses on the first 16 weeks of embryo development when the sex of the child is determined.

This PBS site helps infants & toddlers, pre-kindergarten & kindergarten, and grades 1 & 2 with early math development. Featured activities are also available in Spanish.

The National Women's Hall of Fame offers a review of Ms. Apgar's life accomplishments including her most well known development of the Apgar Score system, which determines whether a newborn infant needs special attention to stay alive.

This interview with Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour examines the impact of scientific research which has revealed that the brain develops most in a child's first three years of life.

Read about a 1996 study on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Learn about how FAS is caused and detected, and how this disease can affect one's physical and cognitive development. Included, are recommendations for preventing FAS through...

This article, in which the author discusses how, by consuming alcohol, a pregnant woman can harm her unborn child, provides information on specific deformities associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) as well as overviews of how...

This article, on the life and achievements of Dr. Denton A. Cooley, focuses on his contributions to cardiovascular surgery. Read about how "Cooley's fame spread throughout the 1960s," through his work on infants with congenital heart...

This resource attempts to assist developing countries manage their population problems.

This site from Ross Nordeen provides an essay highlighting Friedrich List's three premises for protectionism and government intervention: the ideas of infant industry, forced capital investment, and the national interest. The essay is a...

Offers a general list of some ideas about what might help foster the "right" kind of brain development.

This site contains information on the signs of pregnancy, prenatal care objectives, and pregnancy associated discomforts.

The fascinating biography of a gorilla named Titus in Rwanda, captured in video over a thirty-four year time span. Researchers, under the first guidance of Dian Fossey, were able to follow his development and experiences through most of...

At this website, find facts about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND). Learn statistics about pregnant women and drinking and about the ways in which FAS and ARND affect a child's physical...

Help nurture the development of early math skills -- from infant to grade 2. Site provide information about math literacy and developmental stages. For each age range, you will find several online games and printable activities for core...

BabyCenter offers a brain image which provides information about what different areas of the brain control in a child.

An infante of the Kingdom of Portugal, and was responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents.