Clinical disorders in children, including symptoms, behavioural conditions and developmental concerns, helping parents better understand challenges and seek appropriate support.
Babies often experience sleep difficulties in new settings due to changes in light, noise, temperature, and sleep routines. Experts recommend creating a familiar environment to ease the transition and distinguish between temporary disruptions and sleep regressions. Babies often sleep badly…
Experts recommend a slow, step-by-step approach to resetting children’s sleep routines before the new school year, helping them adapt smoothly and avoid bedtime battles. As the summer holidays wind down, many parents find themselves trying to undo weeks of later…
Emerging research highlights that thyroid problems in early pregnancy may influence neurodevelopmental outcomes, including autism, emphasising the need for vigilant testing and treatment. A new analysis from the MARBLES cohort adds to evidence that thyroid problems in pregnancy may matter…
As A-level and GCSE results are released, the NSPCC highlights the increasing emotional pressure on students, urging families to provide reassurance and support amidst concerns over the impact of grades on young people’s futures. The NSPCC is urging students and…
A recent 2025 study links reduced slow-wave sleep with increased risk of short stature in children, emphasising the importance of adequate sleep for physical development alongside nutrition and lifestyle factors. Sleep is more than downtime for children: it is a…
Expert insights highlight that student progress stalls not due to paperwork or accommodations, but because of the lack of targeted, evidence-based instruction tailored to individual needs within IEPs. Students who stop short of their IEP goals are often blamed on…
A multidisciplinary team has introduced a standardised facts label for AI-enabled mental health tools to enhance transparency, assess risks, and safeguard users amid the rapid adoption of AI chatbots and digital therapies. As interest grows in artificial intelligence tools for…
A pilot study conducted in Israel demonstrates that a parent-only DBT skills group can be effectively delivered in routine care to reduce parental helplessness and improve adolescent mental health, even in high-stress environments following recent terror attacks. A pilot study…
Parents in Ontario navigating assessments for learning difficulties weigh the quicker, broader insights of private evaluations against the cost-free, school-focused reports from public assessments, with implications for support plans and privacy. Parents in Ontario facing concerns about a child’s learning…
A new perspective suggests that viewing baby night waking as a normal developmental phase, rather than a failure, can reduce parental exhaustion and foster better support systems for families. Sleep is often treated as the final barrier between parents and…
Following a US federal press conference hinting at leucovorin’s potential in autism treatment, prescriptions for the drug surged by 46%, despite limited evidence and warnings from health authorities. A sharp rise in leucovorin use among children followed a federal press…
A focus on exposure and response prevention (ERP) reveals that confronting fears directly, rather than seeking certainty, is the key to breaking obsessive-compulsive patterns, backed by years of clinical evidence. People searching at 2 a.m. for a way to stop…
