Many people might vividly remember their most troubling childhood fears, but they tend to outgrow the worries that once caused sleepless nights. For some children and their parents, however ...

early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation’s neediest families and children Indonesia ...

This atrophy was more severe in children who had spent longer in institutions. Childhood is the most sensitive period for neurodevelopment, but sadly, it can be disrupted in many ways, from abuse ...

The Los Angeles urban wildfires have devastated families and communities with agonizing loss. Residents’ most prized possessions and decades-old homes have become reduced to smoke and ashes.

UNICEF has been working with the All China Women’s Federation (ACWF) to set up early childhood development centers that support early learning and care for children aged 0-6 years in communities ...

Childhood obesity has been on the rise in the United States for over a decade, and, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), approximately one in three children and teenagers lives with ...

As they move into the larger world in childhood, they worry about their family, especially their parents. They worry that arguments between their parents might mean divorce and the end of their ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and ...