Advice Shifts on Feeding Baby
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.Pediatricians now recommend breast-feeding exclusively to start and a more relaxed approach after that, but guidelines have changed over the years. Read more…
Pediatricians now recommend breast-feeding exclusively to start and a more relaxed approach after that, but guidelines have changed over the years. Read more…
Blankies and lovies — transitional objects — serve a crucial purpose, easing stress as children, even young adults, come into their own. Read more…
With children bombarded with advertisements all day, parents need to limit screen time and discuss the message behind the advertising. Read more…
Boys need to understand and learn how to care for their genitals, including getting regular exams if they had undescended testes at birth. Read more…
How do children develop prosocial behavior — “voluntary behavior intended to benefit another” — and is there a way to encourage it? Read more…
Spurred by new realizations about the risks of breeding resistant bacteria, pediatricians have cut back on prescribing antibiotics. Read more…
When children learn to play a musical instrument, they strengthen a range of auditory skills. Recent studies suggest that these benefits extend all through life. Read more…
We’re clearly having one of those cultural moments when parents worry that they aren’t doing their job and that the next generation is consequently in grave danger. Read more…
Homesickness has always been with us, but now that universal emotion is complicated by parents, enabled by modern technology to be constantly in touch. Read more…
Memories can form in even very young children, it seems, but it is not clear that they can be retrieved. Read more…
Parental depression can be linked to all kinds of problems in babies and children, and even in the lives of adolescents. Read more…
Scientists are bringing rigor to the study of the emotional and psychological effects of pet ownership on children. Read more…
Attitudes long taken for granted in the care of children might be working their way up the life span to become more standard for adults. Read more…
A report on cardiovascular development recommended testing all children, opening a debate among physicians on risk, ethics and treatment options. Read more…