Psychologists say it is. In fact, they warn that certain "nice" gestures from parents and grandparents can actually cause ...

Mental health professionals weigh in on what they're repeatedly seeing in therapy.

Sensitive, conscientious kids don't break down because they are weak. They burn out from a culture that treats chronic worry as a sign of responsibility.

Parents may need to work a little harder than most people to manage their stress so it doesn't accidentally affect their kids ...

For children with severe social anxiety or selective mutism (a condition in which children selectively speak in only certain settings), accommodation may manifest as the parent ordering for the child ...

Anxiety disorders are often associated with adults dealing with stress, but anxiety also affects children. In fact, according to the National Library of Medicine, around 7.1 percent of children ...

Pediatric emergency departments could turn to dogs to reduce anxious kids and parents alike, potentially offering an alternative to medications, new data suggest. The randomized clinical trial of 80 ...

(CNN) — It may have been monsters under the bed, robbers breaking into the house or ghosts lurking in the darkness sending shivers down your spine when you were young. Many people might vividly ...

As a child, Trudi Sullivan would become very anxious by changes in her routine. No matter how hard she tried, she could not calm herself when that happened. Many years later, she was diagnosed with ...

As the first day of school approaches, many children feel nervous about going back to class. For little ones starting preschool for the first time, the transition to school can seem even more daunting ...

Some families aren't leaving their homes as aggressive ICE operations continue in Minnesota, leaving their children confined ...

Nothing ever stays the same, including childhood. In some ways, children's lives are better than 25 or 50 years ago, but kids ...