Children

Economic burden of childhood verbal abuse by adults estimated at $300 billion globally

Childhood verbal abuse by adults costs society an estimated $300 billion (£239 billion) a year globally, show findings presented at

The introduction of apolicy protecting parental leave benefits in Sweden in 1980 had unintended consequences on child health. The policy

Two new books offer radically different approaches to how people should think about smartphones and social media.

Many parents struggle deciding whether their middle or high school aged child should stay home from school if they don’t

Another image on the site showed a group of young teens who appear to be in middle school: a boy

There are basic resources every baby needs for the best possible chance to develop as healthy well-functioning human. Start with

A new analysis led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that 68 percent of

Residential heating by coal has for decades been the major contributor to the high levels of air pollution in Kraków, Poland.

Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according