Child Health & Development

Ireland’s “PC culture” is letting irresponsible parents believe their children’s obesity is caused by a hidden genetic illness i...

Our kids are growing up so fast these days. This seems especially obvious in girls, whose play often gives way to talk of boyfri...

Ryuta Kawashima, the scientist behind the smash-hit “brain training” games on Nintendo DS portable consoles, turned down the cha...

For decades, scientists and parents explored how much of children’s chances for success were determined by their nature (the gen...

Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic, and as many as 1 in 5 children are overweight. Many factors affect children’s weight, i...

When he was in the throes of his worst tantrums, Daniel Fletcher would rip wallpaper off the walls at home and hit and kick anyo...