12-12-17 President Barack Obama has said the US must do more to protect its children in the wake of Friday's shootings at a school in Newtown, Connecticut. 美国康奈迪克州纽镇一所学校上周五发生枪击案，总统奥巴马表示，美国必须采取更多措施保护儿童。 Speaking at...

12-12-13 The lawnmower parent comes as well-intentioned parents increasingly try to trim the problems from their children's lives. 越来越多心怀好意的父母试图扫清孩子生活中的一切障碍，于是，割草机父母就出现了。 Instead of hovering over their children closely...

12-12-07 Laughter is surely one of humanity's greatest gifts, for the ability to laugh--- to appreciate the pleasure or absurdity（荒谬） in daily activities---- allows people, young and old alike, to keep problems in perspective. Children are natural laughe...

12-12-03 Rates of childhood obesity have tripled in the past 30 years, and food marketing has been implicated as one factor contributing to this trend. Every year, companies spend more than $10 billion in the US marketing their food and beverages to children...

12-11-28 I know now that the man who sat with me on the old wooden stairs that hot summer night over thirty-five years ago was not a tall man. But to a five-year-old, he was a giant. We sat side by side, watching the sun go down behind the old Texaco service...

12-11-27 A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined pediatric（小儿科的） injuries associated with inflatable bouncers, such as bounce houses and moonwalks. Res...

12-11-21 The UN's latest assessment of global cases of HIV/Aids shows there has been a further drop in new infections among children. 联合国基于全球艾滋病病例的最新评估显示，儿童患艾滋病的数量进一步降低。 There were 330,000 new infections in children last ye...

12-11-12 Peanut allergies are rising among American children and one reason might be due to economic status. According to a new study presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting, greater rates of pean...

12-11-01 A law that aims to protect children from harmful internet content by allowing the government to take sites offline has taken effect in Russia. 一项旨在保护儿童免受互联网有害内容影响，通过允许政府使网站离线的法律在俄罗斯开始实施。 The authorities are...

12-11-01 The development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is much like that of children without ASD at 6 months of age, but differs afterwards. That's the main finding of the largest prospective, longitudinal study to date comparing children w...