Newly-released data from a long-running study finds that one in three kids admits carrying out physical violence against a ...

Babies bite. Toddlers throw tantrums. Kids play rough. Siblings might swat at each other while fighting over toys or the last popsicle. It's not uncommon for children — especially younger ones who ...

Physical aggression by young people toward their parents occurs quite frequently – yet the subject remains taboo.

Research scientists say kids who are persistently aggressive or defiant in their teens were likely showing signs of persistent aggressive behavior years earlier when they are toddlers. Sometimes as a ...

How does a mother explain how her preschooler remembers every detail of an episode of Doc McStuffins, but can’t for the life of her recall where the puzzles go at clean-up time? What’s really going on ...

With recent worry about mass shootings and gun violence in the U.S., one of the questions that always comes up is whether violent media promotes violent or aggressive behavior. This is something that ...

DEAR ANNIE: I am a single mother of two girls, ages 4 and 2. Their father isn’t in the picture much. I love my kids, but sometimes I think I never should have had children. A while ago, I put my ...

WASHINGTON -- Children who got quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary scores in the fifth grade than did youngsters who received lower quality care. Also, the more time ...