Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Simple routines also matter. The American Academy of Pediatrics promotes the “Brush, Book, Bed” approach — brushing teeth, reading, and then going to bed. “It sets parents up for a good bedtime ...

Human babies are born remarkably helpless, a deliberate evolutionary advantage. This early dependence allows for extended brain development outside t ...

South Africa's alarming stunting rates are jeopardising the future of over 1.5 million children, as malnutrition traps them ...

Researchers examine how growth and learning are subtly shaped among children whose mothers had COVID while pregnant.

With cutting-edge AI, Prodromic transforms dementia detection, providing clinicians with accurate forecasts to improve patient care and intervention timing.

There are serious concerns about the “flip the camera” social trend. This trend is described in the media as a form of ...

As we reflect on October’s Bilingual Child Month, fka Children’s Services is taking a moment of reflection to explore what it means to be a multilingual child in today’s early learning environment. In ...

There is still no cure, and most treatments only help with symptoms instead of stopping the disease itself. But a team of ...

A new study points to sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, glycyrrhizin, and added sugars as key drivers of early puberty in some children.

Professor Alan Stein , the director of the Children and Climate Initiative at the Blavatnik School of Government , Oxford University, responds to ...

Findings showed that the quality of carer-child relationships significantly improved over the 2.5-year period. Mean (SD) PIR-GAS scores increased from 66.12 (17.09) at baseline to 79.67 (16.52) at ...