Orphanages Stunt Mental Growth, a Study Finds
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Giving credence to the long-held belief that orphanages stunt childrenâs mental development, a study shows that infants placed with foster families have higher IQs on average than those who remain in institutions.
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Babies who cry excessively for no obvious reason can  have difficulties in childhood, researcher suggests.
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Parents consistently and substantially underestimate their childrenÂs use of alcohol and other drugs, a new study has found.
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Some babies who do not have full-blown fetal alcohol syndrome can still develop IQ problems, a new study indicates.
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Abandoned children in Romania who were  removed from orphanages and put in foster care had far better  reasoning, language, and other intellectual skills than those  who remained, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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According to a study in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, infections in extremely low birth-weight infants are associated with impaired cognitive development and physical growth problems.
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A tendency to over-protect children is preventing them from enjoying their childhood, it is claimed.
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NEW YORK  - Parents of a short child who  believe growth hormone therapy will better his or her social  life may be mistaken, new study findings suggest.
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White pupils from poor homes are most likely to persistently underachieve and far more are boys than girls, a study says.
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NEW YORK  - Infants who sustain head injuries due to abuse have worse outcomes than their peers with head trauma due to other causes, researchers report in the journal Pediatrics this month.
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NEW YORK  - Even young children can paint a  picture of their health and well-being, though it doesn't  always match parents' perceptions, research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Children born very prematurely  continue to have emotional, attentional and social problems  during their teen years, according to the results of a UK  study.
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The tiniest premature infants fed with breast milk in the hospital did better on tests of mental development later in life than did others fed only formula, a new study has found.
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Studies of children indicate that people may be inherently prejudiced against those less fortunate. Bah, humbug, indeed.
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NEW YORK  - Young children whose mothers  suffer from depression are at greater risk of serious  behavioral problems, and both "nurture" and "nature" seem to  play a role, according to a new study.
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Research finds that children with some form of pre-school education do better at primary school than those kept at home.
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For some, a new study validates concerns of too much positive reinforcement of the young. Others say it lacks needed nuance.