Children

Developmental milestones help us understand when a child needs help, but meeting them early doesn’t necessarily predict long-term success

For some parents, bed-sharing is the only way their baby can sleep. Rather than talking to parents about how to do it safely, we try to pretend it doesn’t exist

Repairing a broken parent-adult child relationship is possible if both sides approach it earnestly and honestly

It’s hard to know whether a toddler needs help with early speech. Here are some tips and guidelines

Children need patient adults and lots of practice to understand fairness, justice and equality

A study of more than 100 new parents showed that pregnancy and birth cause changes in brain circuits that may be involved in empathy and bonding with the child

Large numbers of people in Gaza are experiencing malnutrition. Studies of famines in other countries show they can have long-lasting impacts on people’s health and even that of their descendants

Scientific American is launching a new column about parenting to evaluate the staggering amount of information available and the evidence behind it

Researchers have a clearer picture than ever before of how common conditions that involve aggressive behavior emerge and how treatment can help

Most machine-learning models rely on mountains of data to replicate human text, but new research suggests the recipe for learning language might be simpler

A deep dive into one scholar’s correspondence shows society prefers blame and punishment over protecting children from sexual violence

As 2023 comes to a close, we look back at a year of poignant commentary on space, politics, climate, artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and health—and the ways we explore the human experience