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Harsh words can wound – and when directed at children, they can have a lifelong impact. Research has shown that when words are routinely used by the adults in their lives to humiliate, shame or ...

If you’re the parent of a young child, you probably already know how important physical activity is for their health. In recent decades, pediatricians and public health officials have raised concerns ...

Children who spent a lot of time on screens before the age of two showed changes in brain development that were later linked ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

A joint observational study by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Columbia University has found that prenatal exposure to a common pesticide also used as an insecticide could impair children’s ...

One thing I often wonder when I see my kids spend time watching videos on their tablets or online gaming on their consoles is what is it doing to their young brains? Who better to talk this over with ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early ...

Back-to-school time has arrived again, with the usual debates about cell phones, with many schools trying a complete ban. That’s a good start, given what we know about the ill effects of smartphones ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A joint observational study by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Columbia University has found that prenatal exposure to a common pesticide also used as an ...