2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (507+ words) For me as a mother, this was delightful, but as a developmental psychologist, I was perplexed. Despite my Ph.D., I'd never come across research on infant laughter or humor. While psychologists and parenting experts had extensively researched early skills like…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago   (868+ words) The American Medical Association, the nation's largest organization representing doctors, on Wednesday endorsed restrictions on gender-related surgeries for minors, saying they generally should not be performed until the patients reach adulthood. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons took a similar…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1590+ words) One statistic that stopped me recently is that China's population is projected by some experts to halve by the end of the century. Halve! China was the most populous country in the world until only three years ago. Birthrates in…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (426+ words) It should not be newsworthy for the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue vaccine recommendations, as it did last week. The organization, which represents about 67,000 pediatricians, has done so every year since 1935, in close coordination with the federal government. Last…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1039+ words) Australia recently decided to try something ambitious. Starting late last year, all children under 16 have been banned from having Australia recently decided to try something ambitious. Starting late last year, all children under 16 have been banned from having accounts on…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (518+ words) Paula Kerger of PBS wants viewers to know: "We're still here and we are even more resolved to do great work." "Half the kids in this country are not enrolled in any kind of formal Pre-K," Kerger says. "And the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1635+ words) SAN ANTONIO " The 5-year-old boy, in a blue knit bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack, was returning from preschool when immigration officers detained him late last month in Minneapolis. A few days later, officers there took custody of a 2-year-old girl…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (544+ words) NEW YORK'X.J. Kennedy, an award-winning poet, author, translator and educator who schooled millions of students through "The Bedford Reader" and other textbooks and engaged voluntary readers with his children's stories and intricate, witty verse, has died at age 96. Kennedy, whose…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (169+ words) In the middle of the night a few days before Thanksgiving, I woke up with excruciating abdominal cramps. A CT scan revealed that my appendix had perforated and I needed emergency surgery. Many parents discover the equalizing magic of formula…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (440+ words) I grew up skiing. As in, we lived in the mountains and skied every weekend of winter, kind of thing. At one point, early in our relationship, my husband looked at me, semi-astonished: "I think you're better on skis than…...