Parenting

Distracted driving heightens the risk of crashing up to nine times.

Parents should be wary of toys and robots that command children, experts said.

Kit Tarka's parents have launched a charity after their son died.

Researchers watched mothers and children play to arrive at their conclusion.

Making children eat what they don't want does little for their health, and could cause unnecessary tension, according to a developmental expert.

The virus causes sore blisters to form across the body.

The benefits of breastfeeding for children and mothers are irrefutable.

Distracted driving causes about one in four car crashes in the U.S.

Scientists investigated how a baby’s diet could affect their sleep.

Following these habits appeared to slash the risk of becoming obese by 75 percent, scientists found.

April and Maxamillian Neubauer wanted their daughter to have skin-to-skin contact with them as soon as possible after she was born. But when April fell ill, their wishes were put in jeopardy.

Growing evidence suggests same-sex and different-sex parents are equally successful at raising children.

She wants to see warning signs in playgrounds alerting parents to avoid the same mistake.

Benzocaine can trigger a condition that causes the amount of oxygen carried in blood to drop.

Parents in middle-income countries are more likely to spend a higher number of hours with their kids on homework.

When a woman becomes a mother for the first time, her pay decreases by 4 percent on average. By comparison, new fathers typically see a 6 percent increase in their salary.

Deanne Carson argued that parents should establish a culture of consent with their children by asking permission before changing a diaper.

The cost of having children in the U.S. has grown exponentially since the 1960s, when the government first started collecting data on childhood expenditures.

This is the first report ever of such behavior.

Not all animals take the time to parent their young, especially if they have hundreds per clutch of eggs. But it looks like this invertebrate did.

About one-third of parents also felt addicted to their devices.

A child’s genes, combined with their environment, will shape who they are. But parenting is part of that environment.

Turns out the quarterback isn’t the only Patriot to kiss a family member on the mouth.

A new law requires diaper-changing stations in both men's and women's public restrooms, because dads are parents too.

A Missouri man is charged with second-degree murder for the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter.

Turns out parents with second thoughts about vaccinations might be just as worried as any other parents about the (extremely slim) potential side effects.

Researchers found no evidence of greater emotional or psychological difficulties among kids of homosexual parents compared to kids of heterosexual ones.

Mom and dad may claim they don't have a favorite child, but research shows they could be investing resources unequally without realizing it.

The study, which followed 253 families who had children who had difficulty sleeping, suggests parents’ depression may be alleviated once their children manage to get to sleep.

No need to ban the TV and touchscreens just yet...