When your little one asks to watch just one more show before bedtime, it could actually be doing him harm. Research has shown children who have a television (or even a smartphone or tablet) in their bedrooms have later bedtimes and aren’t getting enough sleep at night. The study, “Sleep Duration, Restfulness, and Screens in the Sleep Environment,” sur[...]

When you signed your kid up for tee ball, the last thing you expected was to see kids playing really rough with each other. But according to a survey from i9 Sports, a national youth franchise, 16 percent of kids ages 8-14 say they or a teammate has purposely tried to hurt another player during a game. Here’s how to prevent your child from playing sports[...]

Just the word alone sends shivers down a parent’s spine. Puberty. And now recent studies suggest that U.S. children are developing some signs of sexual maturation earlier than in the past. But here’s the good news: a new clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics says these early signs of development don’t necessarily mean a child has starte[...]