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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.

The stronger a student's reported positive family relationships, the more likely a student was to deem aggressive behaviors and retaliation unacceptable, and the more likely they were to intervene in either case, researchers found in a recent study.

The "gateway pattern" of substance use is changing, Columbia University researchers say. Since 2006, less than 50 percent of teens have tried cigarettes or alcohol before trying marijuana for the first time.

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund’s annual "Trouble in Toyland" report highlights a number of dangers, including data-collecting toys that may violate children's privacy.

Grandparents raising grandchildren -- despite having greater physical and mental health issues, and more behaviorally challenging children -- appear to be managing just as well as biological/adoptive parent caregivers, researchers say.

Striking, yelling at or shaming children can elevate stress hormones and lead to changes in the brain's structure, new research confirms. Harsh verbal abuse is also linked to mental health problems in preteens and teens, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Extra-hot instant soups and noodles cause scald burns in nearly 10,000 kids ages 4-12 each year, researchers estimate.

Teens and young adults who stopped using pot for a month showed improvement in their ability to learn evidence that marijuana is not likely to be linked to permanent damage to the brain or to thinking, researchers say.

On Halloween, there is a 43 percent increased risk of a pedestrian death -- about four extra children are killed trick-or-treating, researchers have found.

Some California doctors are charging parents for exemptions from required childhood vaccines, a study in the journal Pediatrics says.

In countries that ban corporal punishment (spanking and slapping), the rates of physical fighting among teens are as much as 69 percent lower than in countries without such a ban, a study has found.

The percentage of U.S. children under 2 who haven't received any recommended vaccinations quadrupled in the past 17 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Among the teens in the study, 28 percent admitted to at least some marijuana use, and 75 percent said they used alcohol at least occasionally.

A new study provides more evidence that young people who use e-cigarettes progress to smoking cigarettes in the future, researchers say.

Teens who averaged less than six hours of sleep a night, were twice as likely to say they had smoked cigarettes, used alcohol, marijuana or other drugs, or had driven after drinking, new research finds.