# developmental (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover developmental. Page: Feed: --- ## [We Keep Trying to Save Instructional Time. We’re Accidentally Gutting It Instead.](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/we-keep-trying-to-save-instructional) _2026-08-02 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ We keep cutting movement, play, and recovery to create more time for learning. Then we blame children when those extra minutes aren't working. ## [Who Gets the Reps?](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/who-gets-the-reps) _2026-07-30 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ The powerful question that changed the way I see childhood. ## [Kids Are Keeping Up with the Joneses Too](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/kids-are-keeping-up-with-the-joneses) _2026-07-28 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ They just learned it from watching us. What the research says about materialism, values, and emotional health. ## [We Gave Children Destinations to Visit. They Need a World to Inhabit.](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/we-gave-children-destinations-to) _2026-07-24 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ Children have more places to go than ever, and fewer places where yesterday matters. ## [Believing In Yourself: Does It Actually Help Kids Learn?](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/believing-in-yourself-does-it-actually) _2026-07-21 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ A famous study said yes. A fake brain scan on young kids says otherwise. ## [Stop Doing What Works. Start Doing What Helps.](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/stop-doing-what-works-start-doing) _2026-07-18 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ A better way to think about behavior, patience, belonging, and the kind of people children are becoming ## [Well-Supported Parents Raise Kinder Kids](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/well-supported-parents-raise-kinder) _2026-07-14 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ New research on what happens to kids’ prosocial skills when both parents have real backup and why that support matters more than we thought. ## [We Put Childhood Behind a Paywall, Then Blamed Parents for the Inequality](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/we-put-childhood-behind-a-paywall) _2026-07-13 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ How we dismantled the shared spaces, time, and freedom children need - and left families to rebuild childhood alone. ## [The School Children Want to Return To](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/the-school-children-want-to-return) _2026-07-12 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ We keep asking why students are absent. A better question is what makes school worth coming back to. ## [The Summer That Never Happened Again](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/the-summer-that-never-happened-again) _2026-07-10 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ The best part of Little League came after the season ended ## [Point once, get highlights (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7buW41bGe323) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Get minutes worth watching from a whole game — point once ## [We Took Away Childhood Then Sold Kids Developmental Supplements](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/we-took-away-childhood-then-sold) _2026-07-09 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ Schools keep packaging the ingredients of childhood when children need the whole thing: play, freedom, movement, small risks, responsibility, and real life. ## [Whose Version of Events Matters?](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/whose-version-of-events-matters) _2026-07-07 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ Why your teen's experience of parenting shapes their development more than you think. ## [Why This Struck a Nerve](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/why-this-struck-a-nerve) _2026-07-01 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ When Jonathan Haidt promoted my work it confirmed something I’ve been trying to name ## [When Kids’ Brains Fill in the Blanks](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/when-kids-brains-fill-in-the-blanks) _2026-06-30 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ What anxiety teaches us about uncertainty, threat, and the stories children tell themselves. ## [When Childhood Debt Comes Due](https://kevinstinehart.substack.com/p/when-childhood-debt-comes-due) _2026-06-30 · Kevin Stinehart · The Inputs Children Need_ What happens when the kids who didn't get what they needed in childhood become adults? ## [Is Your Phone Competing With Your Child?](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/is-your-phone-competing-with-your) _2026-06-23 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ What happens when children’s bids for attention compete with a device designed to capture ours? ## [Why Your Child Loves the Box More Than the Toy](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/why-your-child-loves-the-box-more) _2026-06-16 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ The science behind open-ended play, imagination, and why simpler toys often do more. ## [Your Child Doesn't Need an Optimized Childhood](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/your-child-doesnt-need-an-optimized) _2026-06-02 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ The difference between experiences the brain expects and experiences that simply help it grow. ## [Why Parenting Advice Doesn’t Work for Every Family](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/why-parenting-advice-doesnt-work) _2026-05-27 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ The hidden question behind child development research is simpler than most people realize: Who was actually studied? ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pO0Vx617d8i1) _2026-05-27 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Same Family. Same Stress. Different Child.](https://lauradimler.substack.com/p/same-family-same-stress-different) _2026-05-19 · Laura Dimler, PhD · Development Decoded_ The developmental science behind why children respond differently to the same stress