Kids whose mothers use marijuana may try it at a younger age

A new study has analyzed maternal and infant sleep patterns, identifying predictors and provided recommendations for instilling healthy habits.

A new study has found that babies are more likely to be born prematurely when either their father or mother has had a psychiatric diagnosis.

In marriages, conflict is unavoidable. When it explodes in families with children, worried or furious parents may project their anger or withdraw emotionally or physically from their children. In the worst-case situation, children's socioemotional development may suffer. According to a recent study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, how parents, particularly men, deal with marital problems can have an impact on their children.

Some studies have shown father-child relationships may be more impacted by conflict than mother-child relationships, and can lead to negative development for kids

A doctoral thesis demonstrated that motor skills and physical activity practice can support preschoolers' cognitive and early academic skills, especially when the activities include motor skills practice or when motor skills or physical activity practice is combined with the subject to be learned.

A new study published in the journal Child Development by researchers from Boston College in Massachusetts and the University of Queensland in Australia analyses whether four- to nine-year-old children consider their own prior behaviours while making moral judgements about others.

A new study published in the journal Child Development by researchers at Boston College in Massachusetts, USA, and the University of Queensland in Australia investigates whether four- to nine-year-old children evaluate their own previous actions when developing moral judgements about others.

A new study has found that children who have shifted from distressed areas to better neighbourhoods have improved kids' asthma.

A new study from the University of East Anglia explains why some youngsters learn words more slowly than others.

Reasearchers have found that when primary school children are on holidays, they're less active, more likely to be on screens, and tend to have a worse diet than during the school term.