More and more kids today are being diagnosed with “adult” diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. But can kids get ...

Young children get sick far more often than adults, and it is completely normal. Most healthy kids come down with about six viral illnesses a year—and preschoolers and early elementary-aged children ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...

Kids are really the germiest members of the household. In case you didn’t know that from experience, new research published in the journal Pediatrics confirmed that respiratory viruses circulate ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Ran Barzilay, a psychiatrist and researcher at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, won’t be letting his 9-year-old son get a smartphone before age 13. He made the decision based on ...

While many parents assume that putting a child to bed means they will quickly be asleep, a new study from researchers at Brown University found that's often not the case. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

The popular supplement has been linked to heart failure — but nearly half of parents rely on it to get their kids to sleep. What do the experts say? Getty Melatonin has been the go-to sleep aid for ...

Kids today tend to be much busier than we were at their age. They participate in more scheduled and organized activities, not to mention the constant stimulation and never-ending stream of ...