A recent study indicates that genetic variants associated with higher educational attainment are also linked to lower levels ...

Detecting a child’s mental disorder can be difficult because many of the behaviors can also occur as part of normal development. As a result, some parents are hesitant to seek help. To help you ...

Parents are told behavioral approaches don't work for neurodivergent kids. Rigorous trials, including with autistic kids who ...

A Stanford case highlights why improving nutrition and worsening daily functioning deserve separate attention.

Self-regulation helps kids manage big emotions and behaviors, but it's a skill they need to learn over time—and they learn it from their parents. Parents play a key role in teaching self-regulation by ...

There's no one right way to raise a child, but different patterns of parenting are associated with how kids behave. A new study, published in the PLOS One, identified data-driven profiles of parenting ...

Results of clinical studies published simultaneously in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and in JAMA Network Open demonstrate that measuring children's looking behavior predicts ...

In the previous two articles, I discussed "testing behaviors" and "regression" in children.I also mentioned that these ...

When a child behaves in an unwanted manner, changing their behavior often becomes a focus. Research, however, suggests that influencing the behavior of adults who interact with the child would be more ...

Strong fears drive troubling behaviors in children. These tips can benefit adoptive, foster, and biological parents alike.

No matter how many times I warn them, they keep doing the same thing.”“They watch my reaction and do things that seem to ...