New research suggests that people who eat more homemade meals tend to have lower levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in their blood.

There could be a simple way to help young children’s brains improve for the better, with long-lasting benefits.

The marketeers want you to think it is.

Using "time outs" to discipline children is not going to harm them or your relationship with them, US research suggests. Despite criticism of the "naughty step" strategy, children's anxiety did not increase and neither did their aggressive behaviour, the eight-year study of families found. But a UK psychologist said the key was how the technique was used.

In pushing the boundaries of accepted maternal response, women are challenging an explosive taboo—and reframing motherhood in the process.

It is possible to live off one income so you can stay home and raise your kids. See how my wife and I did it and how you can too!

Some go to the same school as the kids he has with his wife.

But critics say the results are “barely statistically significant”

When the daily stress of parenting becomes chronic it can turn into parental burnout, an intense exhaustion that leads parents to feel detached from their children and unsure of their parenting abilities, according to research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. This type of burnout can have serious consequences for both parent and child, increasing parental neglect, harm, and thoughts about escape.

A study of more than 3,000 pregnant women followed up their children over 30 years.

Delivery via caesarean section, maternal antibiotic prophylaxis and colonization by opportunistic pathogens associated with the hospital environment affect the composition of the gut microbiota of children from birth until infancy.

One anti-vaccine parent planned to quit her part-time job to "become an educator."

Children can learn quickly by sounding out words, letter by letter—but somehow, the method is still controversial.

With drug use surging in the past decade and a half, many parents are losing custody of their kids. But is foster care the best solution?

Suffering triggers changes in gene expression that last for generations

Learn how I forensically interview my children to get them to talk to me. Ask these questions to improve communication with your child!

Parents with young children are less happy than non-parents, but the tables seem to turn when their children leave home and become more supportive than stressful

Three years ago when a Jordanian suicide bomber killed 7 U.S. intelligence officers were killed, jihadists praised his bravery and the CIA blamed his ideology, but bullying explains his treachery. Adam Lankford on how we misunderstand the psychology of suicide bombers.

An 18-month-old toddler who can snowboard better than me.

My own children at their age were doing childish things. But these children – whom I met in places with names few have ever heard of – carried guns and used them. They were called “Sir” and even “General”.