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Compared with their peers who spent no more than a half-hour in front of a screen each day, 5-year-olds who logged over two hours were six times more likely to have "clinically significant" attention issues.

Reasons for the increase, researchers said, probably include greater recognition of the problem by parents, schools and doctors and perhaps that kids are under more stress or are developing depression at higher rates.

The rate of concussion in youth sports remains fairly low; but research suggests that because so many U.S. kids play sports, it translates to as many as 1.9 million concussions a year among 5- to 18-year-olds.

Parents and toddlers talked more when reading print books, and were more apt to work together to perform tasks like holding the book and turning pages, researchers found.

Researchers suggest guidelines for how and when parents should use electronic devices when their small children are competing for their time.

"It is sobering that in 2017, there were 144 police officers who died in the line of duty and about 1,000 active duty military throughout the world who died, whereas 2,462 school-age children were killed by firearms," the study’s senior author said.

Car seat guidelines have changed, and they'll keep your child safer, longer, the author of a new statement on car seat safety says.

If women didn't smoke during pregnancy, some 800 SIDS deaths a year could be prevented, according to a new report published online in the journal Pediatrics.

The World Health Organization says e-cigarettes should not be used indoors.

Speaking before Congress on Tuesday, Ethan Lindenberger of Norwalk, Ohio, said his mother believed online conspiracies about vaccines.

Researchers said they were surprised to see that parents’ sleep duration and sleep satisfaction were still decreased six years after a child’s birth.

Study findings point to the power of an insidious form of junk food marketing, in which companies pay social media influencers to feature their products, experts say.

The investigators found that both actual income losses and expectations of lost income affected health care spending decisions of single mothers differently than two-parent families.

Semi-volatile organic compounds (or SVOCs) are widely used in electronics, furniture and building materials, and can be detected in nearly all indoor environment. Human exposure to them is widespread.

How do you handle it when your millennial adult child wants to move back home? See what a psychologist has to say about house rules and boundaries.

Bullying was more likely to occur in families with three or more children, and the eldest child or older brothers were more often the bullies. Female children and younger children were more often targeted.

Not only were those who smoked marijuana more likely to suffer depression and suicidal thoughts, they were also more than three times as likely to attempt suicide between the ages of 18 and 32.

High school senior Ethan Lindenberger said his parents' misguided anti-vaccine beliefs put him, and his younger siblings, at risk, CBS News reported.

Social media use did not predict the development of depression symptoms among school kids or college students, researchers found.

Too Many Kids Using Too Much Toothpaste, CDC Says MONDAY, Feb. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Overuse of toothpaste puts many young American children at increased risk for splotchy or streaky teeth when they're older, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey finds.The poll of more than 5,000 parents of children aged 3 to 15 found that 40 percent of children aged 3 to 6 used a brush that was full or half-full of toothpaste, rather than the recommended pea-sized amount, the Associated Press reported.Health officials say children under age 3 should use a smear of

Kids who are being put in front of screens are showing delayed development, a new study indicates.

Researchers found that as PG-13 movies became more violent between 1985 and 2015, overall rates of murder and violence actually fell.

For the study, a team compared a year's worth of state-verified child abuse cases with the dates that elementary school report cards were sent home.

After alcohol, vaping is the second-most common form of substance use in the United States, the survey found.

After a school district delayed the start time of secondary schools from 7:50 to 8:45, the students gained 35 minutes of daily sleep, felt less sleepy, improved their grades, and increased their attendance and punctuality.