Exclusive: Calls for ‘urgent action’ as study also finds stark ethnic and socio-economic disparities in child mortality and consanguinity ...

A recent study analyzed the likelihood of young children receiving their owns smartphone, often before fourth grade.

The study found that children expressed a strong desire for physical and emotional safety in their lives. Specifically, they noted that feeling safe at home, at school, and in their communities is ...

After just 14 bedtimes with books, we found – as our 2026 research shows – that children whose parents paused for questions got better at understanding others’ perspectives. But so did children whose ...

What happens when artificial intelligence becomes a child’s playmate? A new report out from Common Sense Media warns it can ...

The findings add to existing research examining vaccine safety during pregnancy.

Investigators based at Monash Children's Hospital and Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne report that a once-daily intranasal ...

More than 130,000 kids were poisoned between 2010 and 2023, according to a new study from the American Academy of Pediatrics Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has ...

Researchers are learning why the emotional bond grandmothers have with their grandchildren is different than the one they ...

Parents really do have favorite children, and these tend to be daughters, first-borns and those who display conscientious traits, according to a meta-analysis published today by the American ...

One in 14 children who die in England has closely-related parents, a new study has found. The research, led by the University of Bristol, looked at children born to parents who share an ancestor and ...