Babies who remain in silence hours after birth have different brains to those who listen to sounds.

Parents are often the primary source of information that children receive from their environment. How consistent parents’ interactions with their children are matters.

The latest findings add to the understanding of how social disadvantage such as poverty and low-quality, unsafe housing can affect early child development.

The FDA’s authorization of COVID-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 4 years will bring relief for millions of parents. Pending CDC endorsement, shots for this group will be available within days.

Video calls with younger relatives can be awkward - but only if we let them.

Psychologists know babies can form memories soon after birth. So why can’t people remember anything that happened to them before around age 2? A child development expert describes possible reasons.

A big study accounting for genes and socioeconomic background suggests that video games actually cause children’s intelligence to grow.

People often try to seem confident and certain in their message so it will be trusted and acted upon. But when information is in flux, research suggests. you should be open about what you don’t know.

Play-based learning may also have a more positive effect on younger children’s acquisition of important early maths skills compared with traditional, direct

Children with dyslexia seem to find it more difficult to judge the direction of moving dots - this could explain why reading is also more challenging.