It depends on the kid.

Helping kids consider others' intentions might curb their aggression.

Kids with overinvolved parents are less able to self-regulate.

Another factor causing the earlier onset of puberty globally.

Facebook isn't the only digital voyeur to worry about.

A decline in infectious diseases opens up this dubious top spot.

A different take on a common childhood transgression.

But you can help them control themselves.

It keeps them from building the region devoted to learning.

They can handle it.

Got a biter?

Kids give a damn about their bad reputation.

New research out of the University of Texas at Dallas shows how the roots of emotional eating are laid in childhood, which may have long-term effects on healthy food habits. Psychologist Shayla C. Holub and Cin Cin Tan used clips 

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 

Last week, Facebook launched its Messenger Kids app for Android, the app that, as we reported back in December when it debuted for iOS, allows kids aged 6 to 13 to communicate online, ostensibly safely, and with parent-approved contacts. While 

Even the most cool-headed parent sometimes struggles with how and when to introduce basic knowledge about sex and reproduction to a young child. And while parents might feel awkward about the “birds and bees” talk — usually because of societal 

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