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Babies exposed to high levels of pesticides while in the womb may suffer from learning problems, a new study suggests.

Study finds that breast-fed babies who are fed solids before 4 months are not at increased risk later on.

Police in California say two children were hospitalized after eating a marijuana cookie they found on a kitchen counter, and their mother was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment.

A study of more than 300 children, ages 4-10, in a medical journal finds that as shut-eye drops, BMI goes up.

They don't agree with all of Amy Chua's strict, controversial methods — banning play dates, sleepovers and all grades lower than A. But setting high expectations has some value, they say. In "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (Penguin Press, 2011), Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua describes child-rearing techniques that, as she puts it, "would seem unimaginable — even legally actionable — to Westerners."

The use of “textisms” can improve literacy among pupils by giving them extra exposure to word composition outside the school day, it was claimed.

Adults who were children when their parents divorced are more likely to seriously consider suicide than adults who grew up in intact families, ...

A Colorado woman told authorities she was using Facebook in another room when her infant son drowned in a bathtub, according to an arrest affidavit.

Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV, no computer games, and hours of music practice create happy kids? And what happens when they fight back? An exclusive excerpt from Amy Chua's "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother."

Parents and children can drill down to dentistry's fun side at the National Museum of Dentistry through Jan. 30.