Reading to children has long been recognised as playing a significant positive role in their development, for all sorts of reasons. Numerous scientific and observational studies show that children who have been read to regularly from an early age enjoy a host of advantages, including higher educational attainment, enhanced confidence and even improved cognitive development.

Researchers from Germany have found no evidence that only children are more likely to display narcissistic traits than those who have siblings. The ...

The new research shows that so-called throwaway profiles on some platforms can be good for adults who need to open up and test the waters on subjects that might cause them shame or pain if they were to share as themselves.

There somehow seems to be a link between people’s life expectancy and the number of children they have: People with children generally live longer than those without. Parents with two children even have a small longevity bonus added to their lifespan. A new study based on data on biological and adoptive parents explores the potential reasons for this association.

Father of boy killed in Newtown school shooting sued James Fetzer and Mike Palacek over their book Nobody Died at Sandy Hook

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

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

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

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!

The marketeers want you to think it is.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

But critics say the results are “barely statistically significant”

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

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

Suffering triggers changes in gene expression that last for generations

Two academic parents from Sydney take an unusual approach to working out disputes about their son's excessive electronic gaming time.