Despite global success in bringing down the number child deaths, across the world, infant mortality rates remain alarmingly high, particularly among the world’s poorest countries, according to a new UNICEF report. Newborns in Japan, Iceland and Singapore have the best 

When we talk about health, we generally talk about it as momentary or cumulative — a bad flu, or years of lifestyle catching up to us. But new research is suggesting that by age ten, the foundations for a healthy, 

For the past decade, even as researchers have developed more and more treatments that allow people with HIV to live longer and healthier lives, and early treatment and safe sex campaigns have slowed the spread of the virus, there’s been 

The commercial unfolds a scenario that has played out in homes all across the country: A young child refuses to eat his food to the consternation of a parent understandably worried over his health and development. What to do with 

It’s not news that sleep is critical for good health and proper child development. But what is becoming clearer is the fallout of not getting the right kind of rest. A new study has linked poor sleep quality to higher 

Teens with a phone ‘addiction‘ are markedly unhappier, concludes a new study led by Jean M. Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University. Twenge’s team explored data from a longitudinal study that asked American eighth-, 10th-, and 12th-graders questions about 

Telling a little girl she’s tough isn’t just an effort in gender-neutral parenting anymore — it’s fact. All around the world, women’s life expectancy tend to be longer than men’s (in some countries by more than a decade). For years, 

A new study has found that half of parents are starting babies on solids sooner than they should be. Babies who were never breastfed or breastfed for less than four months were most likely to be introduced to foods too 

The first day of the new year is always a good time for a little nostalgia. Today, we looked back through all of the articles we published in 2017 and collected the best of the best here for your easy 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder that frequently presents in childhood, and, like many pediatric mental health issues, is misunderstood, underreported, and misdiagnosed. In children, it may be particularly easy to dismiss the hallmark behaviors of OCD 

Siri is a prude. Is anyone surprised? There’s little sex education in India. And now condom ads are banned (which, if not education, were at least exposure). So, if a naturally curious teen wants information on the birds and the bees, 

More and more research shows that far from curbing a child’s behavior problems, spanking actually increases them. The latest entry into this canon found children who have been spanked by their parents by age 5 show an increase in behavior 

Earlier this year, the Centre revised India’s national healthcare policies with two aims in mind: lowering healthcare costs and strengthening the system of primary care. A two-article deep dive, published recently in the international medical journal, The Lancet, explore the 

When law and culture is stacked against LGBTQ kids, how can parenting be supportive while also keeping kids safe? Growing up as a gay, lesbian or transgender child anywhere in the world can be a difficult experience – more so 

It’s been a few weeks since #metoo started flying around, and if anything became apparent in that wave of outrage, it is that sexual harassment and assault isn’t limited to adults. Unfortunately, plenty of women’s stories date to the time 

Bed-wetting can be a nightmare for parents and kids a like. One minute the kid is dreaming peacefully — later, they wake up covered in pee. And then it’s the parents’ job to clean it up. When kids are really 

It’s long been known that breastfeeding prevents SIDS, though in what way and to what degree remains disputed. Now, a new study has quantified how long to breastfeed in order to reap these specific protective benefits for infants: Breastfeeding for 

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