Do AI chatbots packaged inside plush animals really help children, or do they threaten vital developmental milestones? Companies market them as "screen-free playmates" for toddlers, but pediatric ...

Parents and early educators play an active role in fostering a child's healthy brain development through responsive ...

Youngsters who once built things, played games, and read books are now immersed in one-dimensional, passive tidbits of stimuli. That’s doing actual damage to their brains.

(WGHP) — Tuesday is World Brain Day. We talk a lot about the need for children to be physically fit, but it’s also important to be mentally fit. In Mommy Matters, we’re looking at ways to develop a ...

What if improving children’s mental health — and life outcomes — could be done by teaching kids how their brains work? That’s a key idea behind the approach of teachers at Momentous School in Dallas, ...

Aiden Wilkens dreams of being a neurosurgeon and enrolled at Ursinus College, becoming the youngest student in school history.

"Brain rot" refers to mindless, often absurd online content popular with kids and tweens, especially on TikTok and Roblox. A viral subgenre called "Italian brain rot" features surreal AI characters ...

AI companions and chatbots are built to mirror back the user’s emotions, even if they are dangerous or cruel. They are also replacing opportunities for youth to develop real-world conversational ...

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- A community in Brooklyn is stepping up to the plate using baseball to raise money to help sick kids. Among them is a teenager who is a brain cancer survivor. Now he's doing his part ...

Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain disease called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE. It’s a fast-moving ...