Does this scenario sound familiar? I recently took my kids to the science museum. In the cafeteria, my 3-year-old son, Adrian, changed his mind about his lunch order after we'd already gotten our food ...

Q: A relative keeps talking “baby talk” to your toddler. You want her to stop. How do you tell her without being rude? A: “Baby talk” is the singsong, often simplified speech that adults use to talk ...

Communication is key in any relationship, especially with those who are most important to you. This probably includes your children, though the irony is that communicating with a toddler is just about ...

The more you talk to a toddler, the more it helps their brains to develop in early childhood, a study has found. Researchers discovered that two-and-a-half-year-olds who heard more speech in everyday ...

A child who is slow to learn language is no more likely than an early motor-mouth to have behavioral or emotional problems in later childhood, a new study finds. Kids who are way below average in ...

Anxious parents of toddlers who start talking late can relax, at least a little. Australian researchers found that late-talking children were no more at risk for behavioral and emotional problems when ...

When toddlers start to discover, and in some cases, share and display their private parts, many parents get nervous. Dr. Cindy Gellner says this curiosity is all part of normal development. She gives ...

From the time of birth your baby will make a lot of sounds. This includes cooing, gurgling, and of course, crying. And then, often sometime before the end of their first year, your baby will utter ...

A child who is slow to learn language is no more likely than an early motor-mouth to have behavioral or emotional problems in later childhood, a new study finds. Kids who are way below average in ...