Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) involves powerful emotions and behaviors that are difficult to manage. A study sheds ...

"Long-term risks, if not mitigated through parenting support, can include conflict with authority, risk-taking behavior or ...

Growing pains used to just mean a weird ache in your knees and a sudden need for bigger ...

New research shows father-child interactions and fathers' coparenting were predictive of long-term child health outcomes.

There are plenty of behaviors to be worried about in children, but you don't have to worry about everything. Knowing what ...

Child psychologist Reem Raouda has studied over 200 parent-child relationships — and is a mother herself. Raouda says she has the solution to children who refuse to follow orders, helping to build ...

Many parents struggle with guilt and shame over a feeling they don't want to admit out loud: sometimes, they don't like their child. You love them deeply, but you don't enjoy being around them, and ...

While the oldest children in a family can experience problems stemming from being given too much responsibility, the youngest children can have trouble from not having been given enough, always being ...

Asking children with food allergies and their families to participate in an oral food challenge can add to the anxiety they already have, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Allergy ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has named Donald J. Bearden, PhD, ABPP-CN, its first chief of Pediatric Psychology and Behavioral Health. The new position will help support families by ...

If you’ve been scrolling social media lately, you might have seen a KBC contestant spark a huge debate about single-child behavior. Many viewers called him “spoiled” or “pampered,” but psychologists ...