The call from school is specific and urgent: your five-year-old hit a classmate during circle time, or bit another child on ...

Humans and animals share a remarkable capacity to sense when others are in distress and respond with comforting behavior. But the motivation for doing so, and why it sometimes breaks down, has been ...

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They’re doing more than cracking dad jokes. A new study suggests a father’s parenting behaviors in the early years of a child’s life may shape their physical health years down the line. But in a ...

Adding a parental mindfulness intervention improved parenting and child food intake and obesity risk over nutrition and activity counseling alone.

Lonely adult men are often conditioned to hide their emotions from a young age. Loneliness has become a surging epidemic in the United States, with up to 15% of American men claiming to be lonely, a ...

As a child psychiatrist, I've seen how the diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is frequently misunderstood and ...

Parents are the third rail of the discipline conversation. Teachers say they need backup from their school leaders.

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In recent years, rates of childhood obesity have been rising, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimating in 2024 that approximately one in five children and adolescents met the clinical ...