Untreated mental illness in a caregiver can be frightening for children, who often end up with a sense of over-responsibility ...

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From over-enthusiasm to online trolling, raising self-assured kids in a critical world can be a minefield. We examine how ...

Children cannot be absolved of all responsibility for their actions. In the three serious, violent school crimes the children ...

Scientists found that childhood trauma can change DNA and brain development, leaving long-term biological marks.

Twenty Israeli hostages — freed alive from Hamas captivity. British psychologist Sarah Whittaker works with survivors of ...

Children with traumatic experiences who attend Mi Escuelita preschool in San Diego graduate ready for kindergarten and continue to do well in school for years.

A woman has bravely spoken about how the man she married raped her, threatened to murder her and said he would kill her child ...

Former tennis champion-turned-commentator Jelena Dokic this week revealed she had sought to reconcile with her abusive father ...

The ruling means that a Catholic diocese will be shielded from a 1970s child rape claim at a N.H. summer camp, and other ...

For the victims, the damage is profound and permanent. Survivors are left to navigate a landscape of depression, PTSD and the ...