The US Secretary of Health and Human Services insists he will soon announce the "cause" of autism, but setting a fixed ...

A number of studies on the brain show that the key foundation of human life no longer lies in the elementary school years.

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...

Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the ...

It is always a joyous occasion when a baby utters their first words. However, this does not always happen as expected because some babies suffer delays in the development of speech.When should a child ...

Learning to write is one of the defining milestones of early childhood, but it doesn't happen all at once. Children build writing skills over time, from indecipherable scribbles to writing letters and ...

“Our overall goal is to leverage our academic and technological resources to create AI systems that address societal problems – in this case, the shortage of speech-language pathologists – and ensure ...

It highlights how high-quality early years settings play a crucial role in supporting successful development in young children, including their language, social, emotional, and physical skills, and ...

For example, with toddlers, the AAP advises parents to try to stay calm themselves, acknowledge the emotion the children seem to be feeling and then help them calm down. Balancing phones and kids ...