A new study looks for the first time at the effect of background TV on interactions between parents and young children. Using an experimental design, researchers found that when a TV was on, both the ...

Even if we aren’t actively watching TV, most of us leave the set on in the background. But that may have detrimental effects on children in the home, according to a new study published in the journal ...

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds and certain ethnic minority backgrounds in the United Kingdom have lower levels of vigorous physical activity, according to researchers. Children from ...

U.S. kids are exposed to nearly 4 hours of background TV a day Younger kids, blacks and poor kids are exposed to more Pediatricians: Kids under age 2 should not be exposed to TV A number of studies ...

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Parents and educators are acutely aware that children can be both excessively self-oriented and overwhelmingly generous. For every preschooler refusing to share his toy truck, there’s an eight year ...

TV is a common fixture in our everyday lives. It's almost as if the TV is a part of the family. We turn it on in the morning so that we can catch the latest headlines. We leave it on all day so we can ...

The family background of UK children still influences their educational achievements at primary school as much as it did nearly one hundred years ago, a major new study has revealed. The study, by the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon needs to improve child safety with stronger background checks for child care workers and an improved sex offender registry, a state audit found. The Oregon Secretary of State ...