One of the joys of parenthood is watching your child reach milestones as they grow to become their own person: first laugh, first roll over, first steps. But one milestone parents really look forward ...

This rare speech motor disorder prevents effective speech planning, leaving some children persistently difficult to understand without specialist support.

Too much screen time could be affecting your child's language development. The American Academy for Pediatrics advises children be kept away from screens until they are 18 months old and should only ...

Alex Hodges spends significant time every day with her infant daughter doing what kids these days might call "yapping." "Maria can't watch you today because one of her kids is sick," Hodges begins one ...

The moment your baby utters those first magical words is a milestone every parent eagerly awaits. But what happens when those words don’t come on schedule? Or when your toddler’s vocabulary grows at a ...

In an era of packed schedules, screen time, and intense focus on school readiness, many children are playing less than in previous generations, which harms development.

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. My son Grayson was about two and a half years old when his preschool teacher called me. A child ...

Children’s speech presents unique challenges for ASR systems. Their smaller, growing vocal tracts lead to greater acoustic variability. On top of that, kids are still learning how to speak, making ...

Since the COVID pandemic, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of young children who are slow to develop language skills, with pediatric speech delays more than doubling for children aged ...

The majority of parents with more than one child will likely tell you that their kids are pretty different, and that they saw these differences emerge relatively early. This individuality begins to ...