Parents and grandparents of children ages 2 months to 5 years will notice that their health care providers are using new methods to assess development. Motivated by multiple studies which show that ...

The first few years of a child's life are at a stage of great brain plasticity and neurodevelopment, and form the foundation for their future cognitive, social, and emotional skills. This period, ...

The moment your baby utters those first magical words is a milestone every parent eagerly awaits. But what happens when those words don’t come on schedule? Or when your toddler’s vocabulary grows at a ...

(The Conversation) – Typically, about 1 in 6 children experience a developmental delay. But children born during the pandemic, a 2022 study has found, have nearly twice the risk of developmental ...

They fail to thrive. They have trouble gaining weight and with physical development. There is a tremendous amount of misgivings and misunderstandings—often due to ignorance. Limited knowledge about ...

Young children exposed to unusually high temperatures are less likely to reach basic developmental milestones in literacy and ...

Parents often worry about their child's speech development. Experts clarify normal milestones, noting red flags like no ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There were modest declines in developmental scores among children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

As a first-time mom, Stephanie Kaznica remembers wondering why her toddler wasn’t talking yet. She was babbling a bit but not saying complete words. Worried, she brought up the issue with her ...

As temperatures rise around the globe, researchers are scrambling to study the impacts on human health. They've linked ...

Children who are mistreated at a young age are more likely to experience a wide range of developmental delays and health problems, according to Christian Connell, Ken Young Family Professor in Healthy ...