Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How can parents distinguish typical aggressive behavior in kids from something more extreme? Experts explain. (Image: Getty; ...

How does a mother explain how her preschooler remembers every detail of an episode of Doc McStuffins, but can’t for the life of her recall where the puzzles go at clean-up time? What’s really going on ...

A number of news media reports have detailed physical or even sexual assaults by children with autism or intellectual disabilities. In some cases, the victims have suffered serious head injuries. At ...

In a series of innovative experiments, Albert Bandura demonstrated a striking reality: children are keen observers, soaking ...

Child maltreatment has been the focus of two separate studies led by UQ researchers, who examined the main parental risk factors that lead to child abuse, as well as the behavioral impacts later in ...

“If you don’t listen to me, I won’t invite you to my birthday party!” or “If you don’t share your tiffin, I won’t work on the ...

Spanking children when they're 3 seems to lead to more aggressive behavior when they're 5, even if you take into account the child's initial level of aggression. In other words, the old "I'll-give-you ...

At least half of all autistic children experience some form of aggression, such as hitting, kicking or name-calling, while their parents are tasked with helping them cope and integrate socially. Yet ...

Youth aggression is a significant predictor of public health issues such as bullying, intimate partner violence, and homicide. This study investigates how caregiver-child closeness mitigates the ...

Preadolescent children, facing academic stressors and physiological changes, often encounter sleep disturbances, which are recognized as a pivotal factor contributing to heightened aggression. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests that children whose mothers smoked weed during pregnancy are more likely to exhibit aggressive behaviour.