Child Brain Development

A new study confirms what parents have long suspected: Adolescence can do a number on kids’ brains. Researchers have found that...

Occupy Wall Street is shining a useful spotlight on one of America’s central challenges, the inequality that leaves the richest...

Almost one-in-five boys are unable to write their own name after a year of school, figures show, as they fall behind girls at an...

At first glance, Kristy Nacrelli’s kindergarten classroom at North View Elementary School might not seem much different from her...

The temptation to rely on media screens to entertain babies and toddlers is more appealing than ever, with screens surrounding f...

Once again ADHD is in the news. At the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition this weekend in Boston,...