Raising a child looks different for every generation. Amy Elliott, chief clinical research officer at Avera Research Institute, understands how quickly new science and research can change ideas that ...

Preschool years are a period of rapid brain development. By the age of five, a child's brain is approximately 90 percent of its adult size, highlighting the importance of this developmental window in ...

Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over the last decade, concerning experts about the impact of television, tablets and smartphones on these critical years of rapid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research supports the view that the effects of the pandemic on preschoolers' development are not so dire. (Photo illustration: ...

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Children who spent a lot of time on screens before the age of two showed changes in brain development that were later linked to slower decision-making and higher anxiety during their teenage years, ...

Toddlers who consume a diet high in processed meats, sugary snacks, and soft drinks may have lower intelligence scores by the time they reach early school age. A new study published in the British ...

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 ...

In a new study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers suggest that younger children may face fewer challenges than initially feared. Researchers in Canada used data from the Ontario Birth Study ...