BY DR. PANCHAJANYA PAUL, MD* Autism is increasingly common, affecting about one in 31 children in the United States.

Young kids may be watching more aggressive media than parents realize. Sept. 27, 2012 — -- Children between the ages of 2 and 11 are viewing social aggression on television at rates far greater ...

Research scientists say kids who are persistently aggressive or defiant in their teens were likely showing signs of persistent aggressive behavior years earlier when they are toddlers. Sometimes as a ...

In the classic "Bobo doll" studies, children witnessed adults play with a rubber, inflated toy. The adults either behaved aggressively towards the doll, such as hitting it with a hammer or kicking it, ...

The Bobo doll experiment showed that kids can learn aggression by watching adults act aggressively. Boys acted more aggressively than girls after seeing aggressive behavior in the experiment. Kids ...

The topic of virtual violence in video games resulting in real life aggression has long been controversial—and many courts have tested the limits of the “video games made me do it” defense. Now a new ...

Smartphones are making teenagers more aggressive, detached from reality and causing them to hallucinate, according to new research. Scientists concluded the younger a person starts using a phone, the ...

The ’50s parenting practices we now know were terrible for kids’ brains The 1950s promised perfect families with spotless ...