These gross motor skills play a key role in how little people explore the world around them. So what sort of movements are ...

In a paper published October 1 in Nature Communications, University of Chicago Medicine pediatrician Dana Suskind, MD, along with University of Chicago economists John List, Ph.D., and Julie Pernaudet ...

Inequality hurts children and their opportunities in life. Depending on their circumstances and the resources their parents have, different kids will face much steeper barriers to getting through ...

Motor skills are foundational for a lifetime of movement. For children, they play a vital role not only in facilitating physical activity levels but also for cognitive and socio-emotional development ...

New research suggests the foundations for reading success begin in toddlerhood. Learn how talking, reading, and word play can ...

There are numerous ways to help a child's learning and development, but one leading educational psychologist says there is a simple aspect that is "intrinsically valuable" to fostering basic skills.

It's the fall youth sports season, and with registration for the winter season coming soon, what should we know about our children and their interest, or lack of interest, in sports? Child Development ...

Research on infant thinking suggests that babies are more complex thinkers than was once believed. There is now evidence that, by the end of their first year, children are capable of logical reasoning ...