“When it comes to parenting society has its priorities all wrong”, argues psychoanalyst and best selling author Erica Komisar ...

A 2023 national survey showed that 23.6 per cent of children under five are stunted. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

A 2023 survey showed that 23.6 per cent of Filipino children under 5 years old are stunted. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ACROSS many communities, children’s mental health challenges remain largely misunderstood, overlooked or mistaken for simple behavioural problems. A child who becomes withdrawn, aggressive, fearful or ...

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

Based on the 2023 National Nutrition Survey by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and ...

FOR DECADES, Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., has investigated the impact of trauma on the developing brain. He is currently an associate professor of ...

High levels of screen time before age 2 years were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety in teenage years, ...

With early intervention, multidisciplinary therapy and training, children with special needs can mainstream themselves, says ...

Elementary school children may be harmed by overuse of tech tools for spelling. Literacy experts are calling for change and ...

Recent research published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology found that when 5-year-old prereaders practiced writing by hand, they significantly outperformed children who typed the same ...

The popularity of social media and its negative effect on children have become controversial subjects. A growing number of ...