Shaken baby syndrome can cause permanent brain damage, long-term disabilities or death – a pediatrician examines the preventable tragedy

Up to 25% of infants diagnosed with abusive head trauma – otherwise known as shaken baby syndrome – die, and a substantial percentage who survive are left with long-term disabilities.

Lori Frasier, Professor of Pediatrics, Penn State • conversation
March 19, 2025 • ~9 min

Women still feel like they aren't listened to when they give birth – here's what could help change things

Midwives get blamed but contradictions in policy sometimes tie their hands.

Sian Beynon-jones, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of York • conversation
Aug. 29, 2023 • ~9 min

Babies almost all try crawling to get from Point A to Point B, but CDC says it's not a useful developmental milestone

Revisions to the CDC’s developmental milestone checklists removed crawling as a skill that babies pick up at a typical age. A biomedical engineer describes how more research may clarify its role.

Mark Geil, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Biomechanics, Kennesaw State University • conversation
Aug. 9, 2023 • ~9 min

Birth of a story: How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust

How you tell the story of a momentous event can help you make sense of what happened. Research finds new moms’ and dads’ narratives around childbirth held clues about their transition to parenthood.

Darby Saxbe, Associate Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
June 5, 2023 • ~9 min

Reusable nappies can reduce the environmental footprint of parenting – but only if they're used with care

How to be more a more eco-friendly parent – it’s not as simple as ditching disposable nappies.

Sharon George, Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University • conversation
May 15, 2023 • ~7 min

Infant formula shortages forced some parents to feed their babies in less healthy ways

Many families in the US encountered empty shelves when they went in search of infant formula during COVID-19.

Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of California, Merced • conversation
March 23, 2023 • ~5 min

Mothers who recognize others' happiness are more responsive to their infants in first months of life

Sensitive, responsive interactions with caregivers are crucial to babies’ brain development, social skills and even physical health.

Jessica A. Stern, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychology, University of Virginia • conversation
Oct. 6, 2022 • ~6 min

Babies can learn language sounds in the first few hours of being born – new research

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

Guillaume Thierry, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bangor University • conversation
July 18, 2022 • ~6 min

Why can't you remember being born, learning to walk or saying your first words? What scientists know about 'infantile amnesia'

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.

Vanessa LoBue, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University - Newark • conversation
June 8, 2022 • ~7 min

The US is importing baby formula to help end supply shortage – what parents need to know

An infant nutrition expert explains the efforts to ensure there is enough baby formula for US consumption and the differences between domestic and imported produce.

Steven A. Abrams, Professorof Pediatrics, University of Texas at Austin • conversation
June 6, 2022 • ~11 min

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