Youth with related behavior challenges may have trouble moving between different brain states, according to a new study from ...

To observe how children make choices, researchers played a set of four simple games with them. Using Starbursts candy, children were asked to make choices about sharing resources, returning favors, ...

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found an association between ultra-processed foods in early childhood, and behavioral and emotional development. Specifically, the team found ...

In preschool and school-aged children with disruptive behavior disorders, programs involving parents — either alone or with the child and a caregiver or teacher — were associated with reductions in ...

Save the Children’s early learning specialists outline five key reasons why reading to babies and toddlers every day matters so much, especially in the first years of life.

As children enter adolescence, peers become a dominant force in their lives. With adult supervision waning, teens look to ...

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 ...

A new study reveals a striking paradox: children who experience parental loss or divorce often develop exceptional moral ...

The Texas Legislature at least partially implemented less than a third of recommendations from the state's 2024 Children's Behavioral Health Strategic Plan, according to a recent report. Many of the ...

My second-grade teacher called my mother in for a conference because I wouldn’t stop drawing on my homework. Not instead of doing it. On top of it, around it, in the margins, turning the negative ...