Anticipating the conception of a child can be accompanied by a lot of uncertainty about how to plan for pregnancy and parenthood. But relatively few people are aware that the things they do months or ...

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...

Parenting styles have become a major focus in child development research, especially as we learn more about their lasting impact on children's behavior and emotional well-being. Ongoing research ...

Postpartum maternal mental health and mother-to-infant bonding are well-established as critical factors in a child's psychosocial development. However, few studies have explored the combined impact of ...

Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...