Research scientists say kids who are persistently aggressive or defiant in their teens were likely showing signs of persistent aggressive behavior years earlier when they are toddlers. Sometimes as a ...

Have you ever wondered why some people lash out? Is that tendency for aggression something they're born with, or could it be ...

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 ...

PHILDELPHIA -- Cutting back on the time children spend watching television and playing video games may lead to a decrease in aggressive behavior, a new study suggests. Researchers at Stanford ...

Young kids may be watching more aggressive media than parents realize. Sept. 27, 2012 — -- Children between the ages of 2 and 11 are viewing social aggression on television at rates far greater ...

Understanding Aggressive Behavior in Children Parenting Insights: It’s not uncommon for young children to exhibit aggressive behaviors such as hitting, biting, or pulling hair. Parents may often ...

The inspiration to write this article came from my recent experience of working a shift in a child and adolescent psychiatric unit for children under 10 years old. I observed firsthand how a child’s ...

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 ...

It could be new evidence of the kind of stress that's placed on military families when a family member is deployed overseas. Researchers have found that preschoolers who have a parent away at war are ...

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 ...