CHICAGO -- Did you know babies can get depressed? Andria Goss, associate vice president of clinical and community services at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school for social work, early childhood ...

Tallie Z. Baram receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Bren Foundation, and the Hewitt Foundation for Biomedical Research. Scientists have long known that the experiences you ...

A large Japanese cohort study suggests that exercise before and during pregnancy may support early brain development, ...

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A new study from the University of Chicago investigates one potential source of discrepancy in child skill level: disparity in parents’ beliefs about their influence over their children’s development.

That’s a question parents, pediatricians, educators, and caregivers ask over and over again as children grow and change. To help answer this important question, child development experts have created ...

It is that combination that affects development, even of young kids.” The goal of therapy is to strengthen attunement — a person’s ability to be aware of and respond to a child’s needs — to strengthen ...