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Lambert / Getty; The Atlantic How the Pandemic Has Shaped Babies’ Development
The first two years of life are a time of astonishing brain growth. What has that meant for the toddlers who have only known a world with COVID?
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Olivia Arthur / Magnum What Happens When Kids Don’t See Their Peers for Months
Socializing is a crucial part of growing up. The pandemic brought it to a halt.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Outsize Influence of Your Middle-School Friends
The intensity of feelings generated by friendship in childhood and adolescence is by design.
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Laurène Boglio / Spectrum How Exactly Does Autism Muddy Communication?
The root of the problem could be social or linguistic.
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Julia Yellow / Spectrum A Mother’s Immune System, a Child’s Autism
Researchers are studying how infections during pregnancy may affect fetal brain development.
