As a mom with a 1-year-old, I know firsthand how tempting it can be to reach for a screen when trying to get through your ...

So if you’re catching up on texts while your child plays independently, then no harm, no foul. But if the phone is keeping ...

On a sunny day in July, while other Bay Area kids were playing at camps or water parks, 8-year-old Charlotte O’Neill was leaning back in a reclining chair in a small, carpeted San Jose office room.

Eight incredible social actions projects were chosen and delivered by young people at The Albany including a surrealist ...

We know that talking to children is critical to their language development, but have you ever wondered what kind of ...

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth development.

There has been a huge public debate about whether there is sufficient direct evidence of social media harm. But there are ...

Before a conference on social media’s mental health impacts on children and families, the director of the Hassenfeld ...

Contrary to popular belief, children aren't better at learning new skills than adults. Indeed, young adults seem to learn ...

It's widely believed that children learn new motor skills faster than adults, whether it's mastering slopes or skateparks, learning new languages, doing cartwheels or picking up new dance moves from ...

Does research support the belief that having a pet improves the emotional, social, and behavioral well-being of children?

Feeling responsible for other people's well-being is a sign you were overly parentified as a kid. You never learned that ...