Home visitor programs are run by local governments and nonprofit organizations and are funded largely through a federal program.

UNICEF's Innocenti Report Card 19 evaluates child well-being across OECD and EU countries, ranking countries not by ...

All children are different; however, recognizing delays in gross motor skills early allows for intervention and therapy to help your child. Tracking developmental milestones is critical to setting up ...

A new study has uncovered the ways different types of play are linked to children's social abilities and brain activity. The ...

Parents can improve their preschool child’s math skills by reading specially designed math picture books to them, according to a new study at Purdue University. Through a grant from the Heising-Simons ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Mental Wellness for Adolescents and Adults. Executive functioning skills are your child’s mental control center, ...

"When am I going to use this?" is probably what you thought to yourself as you completed your high school geometry or physics homework. And decades later, you may have learned the answer: Never, ever ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rates of anxiety, depression, anger, and overall stress have risen among children and teens. Given these daunting challenges, as ...

Moira Dean receives funding from Safefood Ireland; European Union; Research Council UK; Food Standards Agency, The Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation and Industry. Fiona Lavelle does ...

Whether you have a highly extraverted child who constantly talks over others or an introverted child who has trouble joining in group activities, most children benefit from honing their social skills.

I taught my 12-year-old daughter to change a car battery at 8 p.m. in a grocery store parking lot. It’s one of the many skills that I want her to know in case she ever finds herself stranded in a ...