In the last decade, the incidence of restrictive eating disorders in children, like anorexia-nervosa and avoidant/restrictive ...

A researcher from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is part of an international group that recently published a ...

A new study reveals that childhood emotional trauma increases social avoidance and distress in adolescents, but resilience can help mitigate these effects.

Preschool teachers are the first educators to shape a child's earliest learning experiences, laying the foundation for their ...

A father’s poor mental health may harm child development, a new study has found. Here’s how fathers, too, can get the support they need.

Tracking the development of young children is crucial for their future. Worldwide, around 200 million children miss out on reaching their developmental potential due to poverty, malnutrition, and lack ...

Research shows importance of promoting better understanding, inclusion of children with disabilities in the classroom by Society for Research in Child Development ...

Daniella Gray is a Newsweek Family & Parenting Reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on family dynamics, childhood development, parenting styles, U.S. education and current trends in family ...

Challenges While this growing evidence reflects significant progress, the research on early childhood development and interventions to support it still faces several key challenges. First, we need a ...

Piaget's stages of development is a theory about how children learn and gain skills as they grow up, from birth to adulthood. Learn more.