In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporte d that in the United States “5.5% of all births were to women who reported smoking cigarettes at any time during pregnancy.” That ...

Investigating the risk factors and protective factors for childhood maltreatment Of the studies identified through a database search and other resources, 58 were included in the meta-analysis, ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. Mothers bear much of the ...

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 ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

(CNN) — Mothers bear much of the burden for a child’s healthy development, from pregnancy through their teen years. But a large, new study adds to the growing body of evidence saying fathers, too, are ...