According to Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, children under two can understand language and even communicate before they ...

Many parents have this worry, noticing their child’s body smells. Strong body odor is often linked with teenage years and growing up. Yet a bit of smell on younger children happens too. Kids are very ...

From food ads to body image pressures, a global review exposes how social media drives unhealthy dietary habits in children as young as five. Review: Negative Influence of Social Media on Children’s ...

A Concordia-led research team has created one of the first reference charts showing how children's adipose (fat) and muscle ...

Body functionality refers to everything that the body can do. Body functions broadly fall into six domains, including (1) physical capacities (e.g., stretching), (2) internal processes (e.g., ...

Nancy Redd’s “The Real Body Manual” breaks barriers for Black families in learning how to talk about puberty with their kids. We may think of our children as our forever babies, but their bodies don’t ...