• Parents of children with developmental delay and behavioral problems face many obstacles to care, including financial challenges, shortages of mental health clinicians, fear of stigma, ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. My son Grayson was about two and a half years old when his preschool teacher called me. A child ...

(The Conversation) – Typically, about 1 in 6 children experience a developmental delay. But children born during the pandemic, a 2022 study has found, have nearly twice the risk of developmental ...

Phthalates, chemicals commonly found in personal care products, food processing and packaging, and household items, could be linked to delayed language development in children, according to a study ...

A recent study published in the journal Infancy found that babies’ ability to match speech to faces predicted their future language abilities. The study followed 103 children from age three months to ...

Children who are mistreated at a young age are more likely to experience a wide range of developmental delays and health ...

Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...

As a parent, you want the best for your child, and part of that involves ensuring they reach their developmental milestones.

Share on Pinterest Researchers are expressing caution about the use of Tylenol during the later stages of pregnancy. nSolStock/Getty Images Acetaminophen use in the second and third trimester of ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign exploring the relationship between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and language outcomes in early childhood found a link ...

Children exposed to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in utero and not exposed to HIV showed no difference in language development at 5 years of age compared with unexposed children, based on new data from ...

Breastfeeding exclusively and for longer duration were independently associated with reduced odds of developmental delays and some neurodevelopmental conditions, according to a retrospective study ...