Experts tell Newsweek why parents should let kids make mistakes, learn from experience, and even face a few natural consequences.

"Children learn to regulate their behaviors by developing an emotional 'clutch,' located in the prefrontal cortex, that can turn the accelerator off when the brakes are applied and redirect their ...

The Spirited Child Approach has been developed over decades of working with families of spirited children who are typical and ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina released the results of one of the first ever long-term studies on child brain development and technology use. The study ...

Will a child who's evaluated for autism later develop an intellectual disability? Can this be accurately predicted? Early-childhood experts in Quebec say they've have come up with a better way to find ...

The term "spoiled child" is used frequently, but what does it actually mean? "'Spoiled,' as in a 'spoiled child,' can be defined as characteristics of excessive self-centered and immature behaviors ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with research professor Peter Gray about the connection between the decline of children's mental health and the decline of independent play. We've been hearing a lot about ...