The decision to pierce a child’s ears or other body parts is a personal one that should take into account health, emotional readiness, and cultural traditions.

Two airline passengers who locked a stranger’s crying grandchild in a plane restroom have caused outrage in China and sparked a heated online debate on how to handle upset children in public spaces.

Gone are the days of the unyielding God-fearing mother as the archetype of good parenting, suggests a recent article from the Los Angeles Times. According to multiple reports, research has shown that a secular upbringing may be healthier for…

Naomi Elkins said she ‘counted to 50 multiple times to ensure she held them underwater for enough time’

May is just around the corner, meaning it’s time for graduation and grad parties. It's been an odd year but you still want to celebrate your grad! No doubt your grad has probably kept you busy through the year with many different preparations for getting to the big day. All the things that surround and lead up to the ceremony can quickly become overwhelming or stressful, including throwing a graduation party to celebrate the grad with family and friends. Have no fear we are here to help with some grad party prep tips to get your home ready to receive visitors and congratulate your grad on a job well done.

The suit alleges that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google knowingly “designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.”

Senators are pushing for child safety laws online.

Is your child known to act up at dinner? You may want to avoid Toccoa Riverside Restaurant, as it charges an extra fee for poorly behaved children.

One of the common issues of living in the modern era is screen addiction. It is common in children, teens and adults as well. As spending too much time in front of a screen has adverse effects on child development, parents have an essential role in balancing screen time and limiting screen addition in the family. Keep reading to learn more about how to do that efficiently. Spending too much time on different kinds of screens adversely affects people, especially children in development. Excessive screen time can also cause addiction and behavioural issues. If we manage it well, we can prevent it from happening. We can do that by planning our

Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.

"The rise of social media has given children new opportunities to earn a profit,” Sen. David Koehler said. “Many parents have taken this opportunity to pocket the money.”

Researchers say children who start reading for pleasure early in life could end up with better test scores and mental health outcomes as teenagers.

The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board’s recent decision to allow a Catholic archdiocese to operate a public school is both illegal and unconstitutional. I’m not exaggerating — I’m just reading. A charter school “shall be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations,” Oklahoma law states.

Mithu Sanyal never learned her father's native language, Bengali, as a child. Is it too late to reclaim it?

Emotional regulation skills set the stage for closing the learning gap.

New research sheds light on how parents’ tendency to be overly anxious and protective affects their child’s academic performance in college. The study, published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, identifies several interpersonal and intrapersonal processes that play a key role in linking parental overprotection to reduced academic confidence.

Teaching children independence breeds confidence and social skills. Why aren’t we encouraging this?

Study reveals how a parent's personality type can influence and shape the lives of their children, for better or worse.

Has our drive to protect our children impaired their mental health—and made our conversations with them less rich? Recently Dr. Peter Gray, a psychology professor at Boston College and prominent researcher on child play, alerted me to his recent article exploring exactly this question. The article, in-press as of March 2023 in the Journal of Pediatrics, and written along with David F. Lancy of Utah State and David Bjorlung of Florida State, comes to startling conclusions.

A new study examining how much energy males and females spend carrying babies in different positions reported that women expend less energy carrying their babies than men in all carrying positions. Carrying a baby on one’s back was the most energy efficient and people carrying babies this way were able to maintain their unloaded walking speeds. The study was published in Evolutionary Human Sciences.