All children act out, so it can be hard to know if your child needs professional help. These are the signs you should consult with a therapist. Sometimes, kids just need a little extra support, a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If some children seem like they were born to be bad, new research suggests it may be true. Sign up here. In a study of adult twins and their children, researchers found ...

• Parents of children with developmental delay and behavioral problems face many obstacles to care, including financial challenges, shortages of mental health clinicians, fear of stigma, ...

In 2014 there were approximately 74 million children under the age of 18 in the United States. Of that number about 3 million are maltreated every year and suffer from a variety of trauma and ...

Many parents have been there—red-faced as your child makes you want to scream at the top of your lungs. New research suggests at different approach works better. When parents respond to a child's ...

Any parent will tell you that raising a child isn't easy. While the experience can be filled with joy and love and fulfillment, emotional, financial and marital stress will present challenges to any ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who were born extremely preterm -- after only 25 weeks of pregnancy or early -- are more likely to have emotional and behavior problems than their peers who were ...

Parental playfulness is defined in research as “the degree of creativity and curiosity parents exhibit when interacting in play with their children.” In other words, it is how “fun” a parent is with ...