Do you struggle to convince your child to try a new food? You’re not alone. As many as 30 to 50 percent of parents say their ...

Development can be thought of as a journey. The journey begins at conception with a genetic roadmap to guide the way. As this journey continues through predictable stages of birth, infancy, childhood, ...

When it comes to understanding motor skills and language development, it’s important to understand the context in which an individual child is growing up. For parents, carers and teachers, it’s often ...

"My child's a poor eater" is a complaint frequently heard during medical consultations. Such concerns are often unjustified but a source of much parental frustration. Marc Bellaïche, MD, a ...

Childhood is a time of growth, learning, and development. Your child is increasing in height and weight, learning new physical and social skills, and laying the foundations of adulthood. If you have ...

Anticipating the conception of a child can be accompanied by a lot of uncertainty about how to plan for pregnancy and parenthood. But relatively few people are aware that the things they do months or ...

I have rarely met a parent who did not, at one time or another, wonder if some aspect of their child’s development was “normal.” There are good reasons for this. Gone are the days when extended kin ...