• Parents of children with developmental delay and behavioral problems face many obstacles to care, including financial challenges, shortages of mental health clinicians, fear of stigma, ...

video: A home-based parenting programme to prevent childhood behaviour problems, which very unusually focuses on children when they are still toddlers and, in some cases, just 12 months old, has ...

A Canadian study finds toddlers who consume more ultra-processed foods may show slightly higher anxiety, aggression and hyperactivity by age five.

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If some children seem like they were born to be bad, new research suggests it may be true. Sign up here. In a study of adult twins and their children, researchers found ...

A pregnant woman's exposure to tobacco smoke and pollution from road traffic can influence the development of behavioural outcomes in early childhood. This is the conclusion of a recent study led by a ...

Letitia Campbell received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Centre for Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and the ...

Tahiyyah Ali knew that she was not qualified for the job Intuition was advertising, but it was exactly the one she wanted. Determined, she sent in her résumé with a cover letter pointing out her ...

Behaviour problems currently affect 5% to 10% of all children. The trial -- one of the first ever 'real-world' tests of an intervention for challenging behaviours in children who are so young -- was ...