And that was in places with air pollution levels still considered safe by the WHO.

And they're one step closer to understanding why premies' brain development suffers.

Let's put this myth to bed.

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, 

A baby’s ability to learn language and new skills is astonishing. At no other point in life does the same degree of learning and growth occur in the brain in the same amount of time. Child development experts call these 

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 

Kids are creatures of habit, and one of the hardest habits to break is co-sleeping (or its equally frustrating cousin, the crawl-into-your-bed-in-the-middle-of-the-night habit). But fortunately, this can also work in a parent’s favor; by using kids’ natural inclination for routine 

What new parent has stared at their speechless child in utter befuddlement? But now we have a peek into what’s going on inside that freshly baked mind: Practice. Enough practice that babies often amaze us by seeming to pick up 

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, 

Every parent of a young child worries about their child’s development. But some milestones are easier to instinctively track or evaluate than others. And once a missed milestone is intuited or spotted, it’s not always easy for parents to know 

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 

We’ve already explored how to choose the best book for a toddler; now, just in time for Christmas, a primer on what to read to the pre-verbal. Books that clearly name and label people and objects promote learning the most 

Blocks — yes, the same kind you played with back in the day. With Christmas looming, many people will be considering what present to buy for their children, nieces and nephews, grandchildren and friends. Soon, if not already, we will 

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 

Tablet and phone use is on the rise among children of all ages, making digital media consumption — screen time — one of the most pressing parenting concerns of this generation. Creators of kids’ apps, games, videos and platforms know 

Are two-year-olds too young to start toilet training? For many children, yes. Especially boys. At least, that’s what American pediatricians would likely say. Nowadays, only around half of children in the U.S. are fully toilet-trained by age three. Chinese grandmothers 

If there is one thing that is certain, it is that digital media is now a fundamental part of life. It’s as unreasonable to expect kids (or parents on behalf of kids) to eschew digital pastimes – TV and web