Friendship is important at any age—friends enhance our lives by offering support and community. Activities can be more fun with a friend by your side, and tough times are made more bearable with the ...

Gretchen Geng works for Flinders University. Big Talks for Little People receives funding from Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation, Little Heroes Foundation, Medibank, BeyondBank, and the ...

While Utah has one of the lowest child poverty rates in the country, 2023 data shows that nearly 227,000 children are at risk of remaining in poverty as adults. That number accounts for about 24 ...

This article was originally published in The Conversation. Our new research shows that parents who express empathy toward their teenagers may give teens a head start in developing the skill themselves ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Our 2024 research found that parents who express empathy toward their teenagers may give teens a head start in developing the skill themselves. In addition, adolescents who show ...

The importance of friendships and family support in helping prevent depression among teenagers has been highlighted in research from the University of Cambridge. The study, published in the open ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Friends of the Children Western Montana is launching a new in-house behavioral clinic in the coming weeks. The organization currently provides children with a mentor, called a ...