Watching videos and TV negatively affects language development in toddlers. The corresponding study was published in Acta Paediatrica. While digital media may be useful for connecting with relatives ...

Every parent wants to nurture their child’s developmental growth. Toys are a great resource to stimulate learning outside of ...

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers say it may be possible to predict future language development outcomes in ...

Nancy Brady has been gratified to see the tool she and colleagues pioneered over a decade ago to measure the growth of ...

If you’re a parent, you know that toddlers have a knack for soaking up everything around them—often to hilarious effect. A recent TikTok video by @savconsidine has gone viral, racking up over 5 ...

A recent study has found that increased exposure to screens such as television and smartphones can lead to lower language development skills in toddlers. The study was published in the journal PLOS ...

While this depends on your family, your child, and your situation, it's most likely that shelter-in-place will not significantly affect your child's language development. "Toddlers are hardwired to ...

Popular convention may dictate that the father’s role in the early development of his children pales in comparison to the mother’s, but author Paul Raeburn is shedding new light on the science behind ...

Playing with toy blocks may lead to improved language development in middle- and low-income children, according to a new study. Playing with toy blocks may lead to improved language development in ...

The large-scale gene-brain association occurs differently in toddlers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and who have poor language development compared to toddlers with ASD and good ...

Psychologists are studying clues that provide a point of measurement for psychologists interested in language comprehension of toddlers and young children with autism. Parents often wonder how much of ...

Ah, the terrible twos: in between those heart-warming moments of wonder and devotion are those tantrums over having to put socks on that define this year of development. But the latest research shows ...