A study of 1,585 pregnant women during the Covid-19 era reveals that prenatal risk as defined by a multitude of maternal psychosocial stressors is associated with greater infant i ...

Your baby’s flinch when his sister screams feels alarming, and you want a clear answer about whether it harms him. A startled reaction is usually a normal reflex, not a sign of lasting damage, but ...

It's no secret that babies love lullabies—but new research shows that singing to your infant may do more than just calm them in the moment. A new study published in the journal Child Development ...

Mild, intermittent oxygen deprivation in preterm infants disrupts brain connectivity, alters neuron development, and may ...

A study of infants during their first year of life found that those coming from households where parents felt their income was inadequate to support the family’s needs tended to show delayed brain ...

To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Research suggests that when parents perceive their income as insufficient — not objectively poor by some government ...

Early oral health education plays a key role in supporting a child’s overall growth and well-being. Many parents begin ...

A new study out of the University of Cambridge has found that singsong speech is vital for a baby’s ability to learn language skills. The study found that infants first understand language through ...

A landmark study by researchers at BGU in Beersheba that included almost 1.2 million infants examined at well-baby clinics ...

Co-authored by Camila Alviar, Ph.D. and Miriam Lense, Ph.D. Infants all over the world become masters of the language their community speaks within the first 3 years of life, a surprisingly short time ...