A 17-year longitudinal study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev followed children from birth to adolescence to explore ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety by their teenage years, according to ...

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“Early brain development is shaped not only by biology, but by the everyday experiences infants have with their caregivers ...

Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

Sleep disorders in infants and children encompass a range of disturbances from irregular sleep patterns and prolonged sleep onset latency to frequent night-wakings and fragmented sleep cycles. These ...

Houston’s Infant and Early Childhood Development Enrichment Program will receive $100,000 more in funding to help children from low- to moderate-income families after Houston City Council approved the ...

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Postpartum maternal mental health and mother-to-infant bonding are well-established as critical factors in a child's psychosocial development. However, few studies have explored the combined impact of ...

Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and ...