Middle-aged and older adults likely remember bullying as confined to school corridors or playgrounds. For today’s adolescents, however, bullying ...

More teens than ever are using marijuana daily while their brains are still forming. Adolescents' developing brains may be particularly vulnerable to lasting damage from the drug.

How a child focuses when upset is far more revealing about their mental health than how they focus when calm, according to ...

Back to school behaviors can include meltdowns and stomachaches. See what teachers and pediatric experts say is normal and ...

Most of us are inveterate people labelers. Introduce us to a new person, and the labeling commences: What category—niche—best describes them? Are they extroverted? Are they easy conversationalists and ...

Research has shown that a good night's sleep has many benefits, including memory consolidation. How sleep enables the brain ...

A local family’s loss is opening a broader conversation about youth mental health and what parents should watch for when a ...

Prince William hopes to provide his three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, with the most "normal" childhood he can, just as his late mother, Princess Diana, tried to give ...

A study involving more than 58,000 adolescents from 21 countries found that "unstructured free time" – defined as periods without adult supervision or activities guided by educational, cultural, or ...