When children reach 6 years old, their drawings matter. Not because of those purple unicorns or pinstripe dragons but because of how kids sketch themselves and the very real people in their lives. In ...

Co-authored with Dr. Jeremy Sawyer, postdoctoral fellow at Temple University Children love to draw. Across countries and societies, even if the only materials available are a stick and dirt, children ...

There are many times in a child’s life when they might be unwilling or unable to express to us adults what they’re feeling inside — and understandably so. Still, it can be frustrating for parents to ...

University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. We love our kids’ first drawings. They draw before they write, so their drawings seem somehow miraculous in those early ...