Key Takeaways The CDC uses milestones to track how the typical child develops, but pediatricians have a more nuanced view of ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety by their teenage years. This was done ...

With the help of their stuffed animals or figurines, many toddlers and preschoolers play “teacher,” “doctor” or “firefighter,” drawing early inspiration from the careers they observe in their ...

The average American child spends 3.6 hours staring at a computer, television, tablet, or smartphone daily -- an amount of screen time associated with inferior cognitive development and academic ...

As a child psychologist, I’ve sat across countless children who feel overwhelmed by their thoughts. Their parents often describe a familiar pattern: endless decision paralysis, replaying conversations ...

Much of the public discourse around artificial intelligence has focused, understandably, on its potential to fundamentally alter the workforce. But we must pay equal attention to AI’s threat to ...

Young children really struggle in the heat. Their bodies are too small to cool down by sweating, like adults. And they're wholly reliant on grown-ups to find any kind of relief, be it air conditioning ...

A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was ...

Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid. By ...

NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The development bank for Latin America and the Caribbean will channel $5 billion in the next five years toward projects that help children, part of a wider U.N. campaign ...