Understanding that relationship better is crucial to learn how to keep young children and teenagers safe as they grow up.

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Know how poor sleep and vitamin D deficiency in children can impact brain growth, immunity, focus, behavior, and long-term ...

A clinical trial published Sept. 9 in Anesthesiology found no evidence that brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia harms brain development in infants and young children. Researchers from Seoul National ...

WHO-developed tool, which measures cognitive, language, motor, and socio-emotional skills in children up to 36 months old, was demonstrated in Karachi.

A study carried out by the University of Granada (UGR) has revealed that familial poverty has an impact on the toddlers' brain functioning. Infants belonging to families with lower economic resources ...

Children who are not fed foods that support their rapidly growing bodies and brains are at risk of having a lower intelligence quotient, experts say. While genetics can influence a child’s ...

From televisions in living rooms to tablets in playrooms, digital screens have become common in homes everywhere. Toddlers today encounter screens far more often than children in previous generations.

Given the complexity of the process, it’s astonishing any human has ever mastered the ability to read. Although written language is ancient — we’ve been at it for roughly 5,000 years — it’s not an ...

When a baby enters the world, their brain contains billions of neurons awaiting connection. The first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two, represent a critical period where over 85% of ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...