Too much screen time could be affecting your child's language development. The American Academy for Pediatrics advises children be kept away from screens until they are 18 months old and should only ...

Objective We evaluated the long-term association between the COVID-19 pandemic and the language development of children aged ...

Chronic ear infections could delay a child’s language development, new research suggests. University of Florida researchers launched a study about how the common childhood infection could impact ...

Since their launch in 2007, smartphones have become a pervasive part of everyday life that influences interactions between parents and children. Research indicates that while parents typically use ...

Twins produce fewer gestures and gesture to fewer objects than other children. Language use also lags for twins, and language -- but not gesture -- is also affected by sex, with girls performing ...

Common toy injuries include eye injuries. Tamara Oechslin, O.D., Ph.D., associate professor at the UAB School of Optometry , ...

New research pinpoints how young children quickly learn language, opening new paths to leverage for machine learning. Small children learn language at a pace far faster than teenagers or adults. One ...

John Spencer receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health. Talking to your baby or toddler shapes the structure of their brain, my colleagues and I have discovered. For the study, which ...