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Erin Carroll planned to breast-feed both her newborn sons. But like many women with the best intentions, it didn't work out. A new government study finds only a third of new moms achieve their goal of exclusively breast-feeding for three months.

“I think you like testing yourself to see how much you can squeeze into a day,” my husband has said to me on more than one occasion. And, on more than one occasion, his hypothesis has added another item to my day’s things-to-do list: argue with husband. Now, I have some empirical evidence that my constant multi-tasking is neither a personal proclivity nor an enjoyable practice.

Little girls with stay-at-home moms were twice as likely to develop emotional and behavioral problems, a British study finds.

Are working moms somehow lacking as parents compared to stay-at-home mothers? According to a new demographic analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the answer is a reassuring no.

More than half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers who show symptoms of mild to severe depression, potentially creating problems in parenting and in child development, according to a new study.

A loving mother who kisses her child's boo-boos can help calm the stress hormones that can lead to chronic illness, a new study suggests

Women could help reduce childhood obesity by keeping a healthy weight during pregnancy and breast-feeding, a government panel ...

And another study shows that 36% of mothers were deficient in vitamin D, too.