Physically punishing children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has exclusively negative outcomes -- including poor health, lower academic performance, and impaired social-emotional ...

Obesity rates have climbed over the last several decades, as have mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression.

Physical activity is crucial for children's mental and physical well-being, fostering improved mood, stress management, and ...

At the Life Skills Clinic, we work to meet the needs of children of all ages who have challenges with development and functional performance. This could include overall child development, educational ...

Parents, teachers, coaches and other adults shouting at, denigrating or verbally threatening children can be as damaging to their development as sexual or physical abuse, a new study finds. The study, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The notion that negative childhood experiences can be sources of toxic stress that have shortand long-term consequences for children's health ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. Mothers bear much of the ...

Historically, mothers have received more research attention than fathers. And mothers have more often been characterized as children’s primary caregivers, whereas fathers have been characterized as ...