NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who drink soda tend to score slightly higher on scales that measure aggressive behavior than kids who don't drink the carbonated beverages, according to a new ...

Costs to families for behavioral problems grew more than twice as fast as other childhood health care over the past decade Behavioral care made up about 40% of all health expenditures for U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study hints that young children who are exposed to general anesthesia may be put at significantly increased risk of having behavior problems or language or other ...

The ’50s parenting practices we now know were terrible for kids’ brains The 1950s promised perfect families with spotless ...

When children struggle—whether through tantrums, withdrawal, aggression, or inattention—adults often rush to interpret the behavior. We diagnose, label, or frame ...

Regardless of upbringing or who your parents are, some kids are just more “mature” for their age. But sometimes, that maturity comes about because they’re forced to grow up fast due to situations at ...