“The findings matter because they show that an all-too-common environmental risk – elevated solitary screen time – can worsen ...

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 ...

• 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, ...

CINCINNATI--A six-year study that analyzed data from a 25-question screening tool found alarming evidence of unhealthy behavioral trajectories starting as early as age 2 among families affected by low ...

Harsh parenting practices, not genetics, are linked to higher levels of behavior problems in children, according to a new study. Harsh parenting practices, not genetics, are linked to higher levels of ...

From Other Nonprofit Media showcases select work from other nonprofit news sites around the nation. Parents have a lot on their minds when they send their children to child care. Will the child cry ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who were born extremely preterm -- after only 25 weeks of pregnancy or early -- are more likely to have emotional and behavior problems than their peers who were ...

In the past 10 years or so, there has been a lot of interest to see if medicinal cannabis can help children with emotional ...

Children who go to to bed at irregular hours are more likely to have behavioral problems, according to a study published Monday. The research, which appeared in the U.S. journal Pediatrics, found that ...

A new report on child brain research has associated prenatal marijuana exposure with subsequent attention, behavioral and social problems in adolescent children; the risk rises significantly five or ...