That overwhelming work deadline or financial worry isn’t just affecting your mood and sleep. Your stress might actually be altering your child’s developing nervous system through biological pathways ...

At any age, we tend to feel a little on edge, amped up, or frightened, whenever we face a challenge, threat, or change. If something important is at stake, it’s normal to react. Mood swings, acting ...

Many children have intense reactions to certain sounds or food textures. They can’t stand certain clothes for even a minute, or they get annoyed when someone touches them, making an ordeal out of ...

If your child is feeling anxious during exam season, parents can provide support with their guidance, instead of berating them.

Children of transgender and nonbinary parents demonstrate typical behavioral and emotional development, while their parents ...

Children have 20 milk teeth, 10 in each jaw. This set of teeth is important for chewing and speaking, and helps to keep space ...

On a Saturday morning last May, Julia Sachdev, a mother of a 2-year-old and 4-year-old, woke up to an email from her children’s preschool. The school — which her children adored and had been in ...

The surgeon general has a new public health warning. And this time, the hazard isn’t tobacco or alcohol: it’s parenting. Two-fifths of parents say that on most days, “they are so stressed they cannot ...