UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sleep can affect a child’s attitude and behavior, as many parents can attest, but a consistent bedtime may be more influential than sleep quality or duration, according to a new ...

Scientists have long known that the experiences you have during infancy and childhood play an important role in shaping how your brain matures and how you behave as an adult. But figuring out why this ...

Many children who have known little other than a pandemic world are struggling to socialize and share and sit still. They’re shy or uncomfortable or fussy in playgroups and classroom activities. They ...

Mothers' childhood experiences of trauma can predict their children's behavior problems, even when the mothers did not raise their children, who were placed for adoption as newborns, a new University ...

With kids going back to school, many parents are concerned about how their child will do managing their behavior for eight hours a day. School can be overwhelming for kids who may already struggle ...

This post was written by Ellen B. Luborsky, Ph.D. This post is part of a series on Parenting During COVID. Part 2 is here. It comes with the territory. Children express themselves through the language ...

• 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, ...

If you’ve been scrolling social media lately, you might have seen a KBC contestant spark a huge debate about single-child behavior. Many viewers called him “spoiled” or “pampered,” but psychologists ...