And research shows the less favored children suffer for it. By Teddy Rosenbluth Teddy Rosenbluth spoke to top favoritism researchers for this story. She is fairly certain she is not the favorite child ...

Are you a parent to one child? Or are you considering having a child in the future, and wondering about what your family size should be? Parents of only children are frequently asked when they are ...

Having a smartphone may be harmful for children younger than 12, according to a new study. The study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics found that owning a smartphone during ...

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences today revealed the nominees for its fourth annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, the stand-alone competition that honors creativity and ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. My Administration is dedicated to empowering mothers and fathers to raise their children in safe and loving homes. When crises prevent such an arrangement, our Nation’s ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The answers often depend on where people live. Child care is highly ...

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 ...

Across the rich world, parents of young children face a problem. In America, one of many countries with few subsidies, a household with two working parents and two young children can spend as much on ...

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A divorce is seldom easy—not for the couple that divorces, but also not for their children (if they have any). However, past psychological research on how divorce affects children’s development was ...

Parents will do anything for their kids, but that could be coming at a huge cost ‒ to themselves, according to a new study. More than a third (36%) of the 3,000 parents surveyed by Ameriprise in ...

One in 10 children worldwide now has obesity, a report from UNICEF found, and the number of overweight children has more than doubled in low- and middle-income countries since 2000. By Simar Bajaj For ...