Research has shown that youth who participate in sports leagues are eight times as likely to be active in their early 20s than those who don’t participate.

You always thought he was quiet or shy. But is there something more happening? Is his behaviour normal? How concerned should you be?

Student achievement has been found to be most influenced by parents’ aspirations and expectations for their children’s development along with active involvement in their learning.

Having a baby can be expensive. So it’s maybe not surprising that many retailers around the world have cottoned on to the success of Finland’s baby boxes – a package aimed to set up new parents and their bundle of joy.

Parent involvement in their child’s learning can help improve how well they do in school. However, when it comes to helping kids with homework, it’s not so simple.

About one-third of women using contraception use the pill. But how effective is it?

We are literacy professionals, former reading teachers who now prepare college and graduate students to teach kids how to read.

Major depression among teen girls in the U.S. increased even more – from 12% in 2011 to 20% in 2017.

With art, you have all the colours in the world to share your thoughts,” wrote one youth in the Holistic Arts-based Program at Laurentian University.

The human brain goes through dramatic developmental changes in the first years of life. During this period it is particularly sensitive to environmental influences. 

The school year is over and holidays are upon us. But that doesn’t mean your children’s learning experiences can’t continue.

A common childhood fear is fear of the dark. Many children become terrified of the dark and can't go to sleep in a darkened room alone, convinced the "bogeyman" or some other night creature is waiting in the shadows to get them. I had a client whose son was terrified...

Disturbing events related to cyberbullying in recent months and years have raised great concern among parents, youths and educators regarding the everyday lives of children in online spaces

Disappointment is a natural human emotion that occurs after a perceived failure.

Imagination and play encourage children to think through hypothetical situations and create new worlds

New research from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Health Measures Survey reaffirmed the dramatic decline in Canadian children’s fitness seen over the past 35 years

Constructivism is an educational philosophy that deems experience as the best way to acquire knowledge.

December is considered the most fertile month, a time when there’s the greatest likelihood that children will be conceived. Some experts even pinpoint Dec. 11 as the most fertile day.

Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg has made headlines not just for her passionate climate activism, but because she is outspoken about having autism.

For some school children, PE is the best lesson of the week – a chance to leave the desk behind, get outside, and enjoy a run around with friends.

Schools began to introduce fluorescent lighting in the mid 1950s and rows of these low cost, long life, high efficacy lamps tend to be the lighting of choice in many schools around the world.

Parents are often their children’s first literacy teachers. They oversee children signing their names on artwork and read storybooks with their kids.

If you have kids, chances are you’ve worried about their presence on social media.