Child Health & Development

Babies who persistently cry are more likely to become problem children with behavioural disorders, researchers say.

According...

Researchers have found evidence that the placenta plays an important role in fetal brain development during the early stages of...

Expectant mothers’ diets could be creating an obesity timebomb for their unborn children, a groundbreaking study involving New Z...

Attachment parenting, or ‘AP’ as it’s often referred to by more devout proponents, is a label that can arouse strong emotions an...

In 2002, Elizabeth Gershoff published the first-ever meta-analysis of research (PDF) on the effects of corporal punishment o...

Parents who have a hard time getting their babies and toddlers to sleep at night may also often have trouble at mealtime, new st...