April 27th, 2013

Babies whose mothers experienced high anxiety while pregnant had stifled immune responses to vaccinations at 6 months old, according to a new study. However, this lowered ...
April 27th, 2013

Children who are exposed to poor parenting, whether it's abuse, neglect or overprotection, are more likely to experience childhood bullying, according to new research.
A meta-analysis of 70 studies of more than 200,000 children ...
April 26th, 2013

School violence is not an isolated American concern but a widespread social problem that threatens the health, achievement, and well-being of ...
April 24th, 2013

New research suggests an infant’s response to a scary situation predicts if they will be at risk for conduct disorders later in life.
Specifically, scientists discovered infants ...
April 22nd, 2013

Researchers discover children and teens with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are more likely to develop problematic video game habits.
A University of Missouri researcher found ...
April 20th, 2013

Up to 10 percent of the population is affected by specific learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and autism, which translates to two or three students in every ...
April 14th, 2013

When the parent of a child with cancer has already experienced a traumatic life event prior to hearing of the child’s cancer diagnosis, he ...
April 9th, 2013

Normally, kids copying adult behavior will go out of their way to repeat each and every element of the behavior even ...
April 9th, 2013

Talk about a win-win deal: A new study suggests that sleeping an additional hour each night may reduce the prevalence of adolescent obesity.
Researchers ...
April 9th, 2013

Research has lagged on relationship development between stepfathers and stepchildren. And as any stepdad can attest, it’s one thing to win a mom’s heart ...