We’ve all seen it: the 'iPad trance.’ It is the defining image of the ‘iPad Kids’ generation, where a toddler in a stroller or a child at the dinner table, eyes glazed and thumb swiping, oblivious to ...

Difficulty focusing isn’t always ADHD. Attention problems can stem from sleep, stress, mental health, or medical factors.

The childhood songs stuck in your head are actually protecting your memory Remember singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” ...

Parents face an increasingly difficult decision: embrace technology in children’s education or protect their developing ...

WANT to stay sharp as you get older? The key could be getting down with the kids. Yesterday, we reported how running around after the grandchildren could boost our brain power.

Children with spina bifida, a malformation of the spinal cord that can lead to mobility impairments and hydrocephalus—a buildup of fluid in the brain—face significant risk of cognitive difficulties ...

Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way ...

A recent analysis of a major developmental dataset reveals that children who play musical instruments over several years ...

Pam Kowalcyzk and her daughter have PKU, a rare disorder that prevents the body from processing protein ...

When schools integrate art alongside mathematics, sciences and languages, they honour the whole child — intellectual, emotional, social and creative. Research in early childhood and primary education ...

Education specialists and the mother of a 'twice-exceptional' child explode the myth that 'the bright kids in the class will be fine by themselves' ...