===== Child Development Milestones & Neurobiology =====

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**The "5 Eras" of Brain Development: Adolescence lasts until age 32**
  * University of Cambridge, Mousley et al. / 2025: [[https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/five-ages-human-brain|Scientists Identify Five Ages of the Human Brain]]
  * The Guardian, Devlin / 2025: [[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/25/brain-human-cognitive-development-life-stages-cambridge-study|Brain "Adult Mode" Does Not Start Until Early 30s]]

**Early Childhood: Attachment, "Serve and Return," and Emotional Foundations**
  * Centre for Early Childhood, CEC Research Team / 2024: [[https://centreforearlychildhood.org/news-insights/guest-essays/attachment-social-emotional-development/|Attachment and Social-Emotional Development in Boys]]
  * Essential Resources NZ, ER Team / 2024: [[https://www.essentialresources.co.nz/2024/07/attachment-theory-in-early-childhood-emotional-development/|Attachment Theory in Early Childhood Education]]

**Adolescent Risk-Taking: The Dopamine-Regulation Mismatch**
  * BrainFacts.org, Society for Neuroscience / 2025: [[https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/childhood-and-adolescence/2025/teens-take-risks-we-should-be-happy-they-do-081225|Teens Take Risks: Why We Should Be Happy They Do]]
  * UCLA Semel Institute, Developing Adolescent Team / 2025: [[https://developingadolescent.semel.ucla.edu/topics/item/science-of-risk-taking|The Science Behind Adolescent Risk Taking and Exploration]]

**Self-Regulation Milestones: From Co-Regulation to Independence**
  * Raising Children Network, RCN Experts / 2025: [[https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/behaviour/understanding-behaviour/self-regulation|Self-Regulation in Children & Teenagers]]
  * National Center for Biotechnology Information (StatPearls), Malik & Marwaha / 2025: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534819/|Developmental Stages of Social Emotional Development]]