NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who drink soda tend to score slightly higher on scales that measure aggressive behavior than kids who don't drink the carbonated beverages, according to a new ...

Yesterday, news headlines were ablaze with the latest nutrition study suggesting that soft drink consumption “causes,” or is associated with, violent and aggressive behavior in children. Television ...

In adolescent boys, exposure to violent television content during their preschool years is associated with increased levels of self-reported proactive aggression, physical aggression, and antisocial ...

Despite some short-term improvements in behavior, corporal punishment (i.e. spanking) causes children to become more aggressive and significantly increases antisocial behavior, according to a recent ...

Healthy, breastfed infants who receive iron supplementation show fewer aggressive behaviors at age 3 compared with children who did not receive supplementation, according to new research from Umeå ...

A University at Buffalo developmental psychologist has received a $550,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study possible pathways that might lead young children toward different types ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The more TV a 3-year-old watches, the more likely he or she is to behave aggressively, a new study shows. Just having the TV on when the child wasn't watching it was also ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

How many times did your parents make you go outside and play? You should call and thank them. That’s because you likely absorbed much-needed vitamin D, which might be why you’re such a happy person ...

Dear Annie: There’s a little boy in my son’s school — he’s 6 years old — who has a history of being very physical with other kids, including my son. They were in the same class previously, and my son ...