Experts tell Newsweek why parents should let kids make mistakes, learn from experience, and even face a few natural consequences.

Families with young children are yet again reeling after this week's Four Corners investigation into abuse in the early childhood sector.

Videos of caregivers chatting with babies as if they’re adults are going viral and sparking conversation. Instead of relying on traditional “baby talk,” some parents are choosing to speak to their ...

John Spencer receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health. Talking to your baby or toddler shapes the structure of their brain, my colleagues and I have discovered. For the study, which ...