The government is asking for the public's opinion on the impact of loot boxes.

An open letter from academics and politicians also targets Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.

The link between childhood abuse and mental illness is explored.

A new report examining nearly 28 million social media posts tied to 114 schools finds higher rates of depression and stress following active shooter drills.

A new study “A prefrontal-paraventricular thalamus circuit requires juvenile social experience to regulate adult sociability in mice” suggests that social isolation in childhood has a harmful impact on adult brain functioning and more specifically, in an area of the brain that’s responsible for regulating social behavior. In addition to bringing attention to the impact that today’s isolated world might have on children in their adulthood...

The mood in which a baby is in when it learns new information plays a key role in their ability to recall information.

Children's privacy laws in the US prohibit apps like TikTok from collecting personal information of children under 13 without parental consent.

No one can remember the first years of their life. A study suggests possible reasons.

“He knows that the dog has the same condition as he does," said the boy's mother, Ashley Boyers. "He understands.”

Scientists have long studied play to gain insights into the developing human mind.

Researchers found pupils aged 13 and 14 were less anxious during lockdown compared to last year.

It's a sweet moment. A young boy running up to a man delivering pizza and giving him a big hug. All caught on a doorbell camera in West Warwick, Rhode Island by Lindsey Sheely. "I put it up on my Instagram because we thought it was funny and cute," said Sheely. What Sheely didn't know at the time is what that moment would mean for the man behind the pizza box, Ryan Catterson.

Young children often think that groups who receive help are less smart than those who don't receive such help, according to new research published in the ...

We found that a lack of critical skills about the online environment matched up with lower levels of education and employment.

Most children need help learning to read, but there’s long-standing disagreement on how best to help them. Decades of research have identified the most effective approaches.

Opting out of assigned schoolwork is an opportunity to learn in different ways, professor of education says

A new study highlights the benefits of parental leave.

By Emily Reynolds. Researchers found “contagion” of physiological stress response from mother to child.

The crayons will be wrapped in a gradient skin tone label with the color name in English, Spanish and French, and a realistic color name — such as Light Golden, Deep Almond and Medium Deep Rose.

Rowling’s latest venture is a children’s book called The Ickabog that’s been stashed away in her attic.