It has been reported that ~90% of pediatricians use milestone checklists to monitor children’s developmental progress. 26 This letter to the editor study aims to review current literature and ...

For parents, caregivers and teachers, it's often tempting to base our thinking on a child's development around what we understand as "normal." Much of the time we do this without thinking, describing ...

Development can be thought of as a journey. The journey begins at conception with a genetic roadmap to guide the way. As this journey continues through predictable stages of birth, infancy, childhood, ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. One study of children with achondroplasia found that 100 percent of them commando crawled when they ...

The CDC uses milestones to track how the typical child develops, but pediatricians have a more nuanced view of how kids gain motor, emotional, and social skills. Your child's doctor will keep track of ...