Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The transition to parenthood can be an anxious time for expectant moms and dads. A recent study shows that stress on fathers ...

A medical explanation of how stress and environment impact child development.

Child development unfolds within a web of social and economic conditions that shape cognitive, emotional and physical growth from the prenatal period through adolescence. Family income, parental ...

A child's family income and the neighborhood they grow up in may play a much bigger role in brain development than previously ...

Cultural values shape how caregivers interact with children, influencing developmental trajectories across cognitive, social and emotional domains. Individualist societies tend to endorse autonomy, ...

A study of more than 2,300 9- to 10-year-olds found that socioeconomic factors explained most differences in the preteens' ...

Parents' genes -- even when not directly inherited by a child -- may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report. Parents' genes -- even when not directly inherited ...

While the rise in youth mental health problems has been widely appreciated, there remains a lot of debate about what specifically is behind it. Many popular articles and books implicate some more ...

Professor Carri Westgarth, Chair in Human and Animal Interaction, University of Liverpool is an author of a recently published article in BMC Pediatrics on companion animals and child development ...

The transition to parenthood can be an anxious time for expectant moms and dads. A recent study shows that stress on fathers before and after the birth of a baby could affect their children’s ...