When a young child struggles with hair-pulling or skin-picking, it’s tempting to focus on stopping the behavior. But what if ...

My older sister, “Lila,” and her husband, “Andrew,” had kids later in life. They’re now in their early 50s with a 6-year-old ...

A list of animated episodes that you can watch with your kids that explore family and friend relationships, and how to ...

Since her husband Charlie Kirk's assassination, Erika Kirk has had her grief picked apart online. It's called "grief policing," and it needs to stop.

It is a common parental experience. One moment, your child is playing quietly, and the next, there’s a sharp cry, a set of ...

Every day, thousands of kids suffer the fear, shame and frustration of being bullied. More than 19% of children aged 12 to 18 ...

A smartwatch system helps parents shorten and defuse children's severe tantrums by providing real time behavioral intervention strategies.

In 2020, COVID-19 pandemic restrictions reduced social interactions and altered routines, increasing feelings of social isolation and instability. These restrictions increased adolescents’ ...

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.

Kaitlyn M. Sims receives funding from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, the Arnold Ventures Foundation, and the Institute for Humane Studies. A record number of Colorado children died ...

From A.D.H.D. to anxiety, disorders have risen as the expectations of childhood have changed. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Jia Lynn Yang One of the more bewildering ...