A new study has provided evidence that exposure to fluoridated water by young children was not negatively associated with child emotional, behavioral development and executive functioning in their ...

Child development theories help explain how children grow socially, emotionally, and cognitively over time. Understanding child development is valuable for appreciating the physical, emotional, and ...

• Parents of children with developmental delay and behavioral problems face many obstacles to care, including financial challenges, shortages of mental health clinicians, fear of stigma, ...

Parental expressed emotion (EE) refers to characteristic patterns of emotional communication within the family, principally encompassing criticism, hostility and emotional over-involvement. High ...

The tantrums, the separation anxiety, and the "why's" may actually be signs you're raising a happy and healthy child.

Previous research indicates that extensive time in early center-based day care is correlated with high levels of behavior problems in young children. However, the validity of this work has been ...

Parenting styles can have a great impact on a child's behavior and development. The way parents speak to or guide them affects how children deal with challenges, relationships, and emotions. Although ...

A new study has added evidence showing that both prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution can harm kids. Air pollution is not just a problem for lungs. Increasingly, research suggests air ...

At the Child Behavior Center we work with you, and with your child. To help a child, we must help mom and dad too! We assist you in navigating the ups and downs of frustrating, often puzzling child ...

Palo Alto, California-based Cognoa, which makes an app to assess child development, has raised $11.6 million in a round led by existing investor Morningside. This brings the company’s total funding to ...

Research shows the same parenting can get different results depending on who's doing it. Here are some of the reasons why.