Historically, mothers have received more research attention than fathers. And mothers have more often been characterized as children’s primary caregivers, whereas fathers have been characterized as ...

Executive function skills are a set of inter-related processes that support attention, self-control, and goal-directed ...

As parents, in the post Covid world – one is often confused as to how to understand the factors at play that influence how ...

Experts from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago affirm the need to screen new fathers for mental distress, recognizing the mounting research that underscores the importance of ...

Today, we know more than ever before about the importance of children’s earliest years in shaping their learning and development. Yet, never before have the needs of young children and their families ...

Children's books are full of animal characters whose antics capture the hearts and inspire the imaginations of their young readers. However, a new study has shown that iconic characters such as Peter ...

Austin Hill’s Sept. 25 commentary on the recent National Women’s Law Center child care study (“Turning good news into bad,” Opinion 2) argues that it is a positive development that Arizona payments on ...

Berta Amaya, an assistant child-care specialist, plays with 16-month-old Rey Reyes and 8-month-old Luca Brown at her daughter’s family child-care home in Lakewood, Calif. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles ...