More than a quarter of children who don't get adequate sleep become either overweight or hyperactive, says a Canadian study.
When your child asks you where babies come from, telling him or her that a stork flies them in or they are found under cabbage plants may not be the ideal way to address the child's curiosity, says Australian sex expert Rosie King.
Female mice fed high fat diets were more likely to have oversized offspring, because fat causes the placenta to go into "overdrive" by providing too many nutrients to the foetus.
Even as India bans smoking in public places from Oct 2, a Canadian study has warned that parents who smoke in the presence of their kids in cars and homes might end up fostering nicotine dependence symptoms in them.
Improved home heating reduced asthma symptoms in children, according to a Otago University study in New Zealand.
Researchers are studying ways of getting pre-schoolers to eat more fruits and vegetables and combat increasing problem of childhood obesity.
A new study has found obesity prevention efforts should begin as early as the age of two, when children reach a tipping point that could predispose them to obesity later in life.
The authorities in Britain have advised parents to watch popular steamy TV soaps as an ice-breaker to conversations with their children about sex and relationships.
There were no glamorous models at this fashion show but "Taare Zameen Par" star Darsheel Safary and a group of tweens and teens who walked the ramp stole the hearts of the audience with their energy and aplomb.
Most of the children of UK-born mothers are being born outside wedlock, a development that threatens to disrupt the lives of youths who grow up in unmarried households.
Researchers have confirmed what has long been believed - divorce does cause lasting damage to children, despite having become more common and more socially acceptable now-a-days.
Female babies with higher birth weight are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis as adults than their average contemporaries, says a new study.
Pregnant mothers who use mobile phones are more likely to give birth to kids with behavioural and emotional problems, suggests a landmark research into the use of handsets that may have major public health implications.
