Social engagement is an essential and fundamental aspect of human nature, persisting throughout our entire lives. As inherently social beings, humans need interaction for proper development and a ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study. "This is the first causal evidence that ...

Whatever challenges life throws, mothers often know best as they guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This scenario, familiar when applied to humans, turns out to be true for ...

Grandparents could be good for women's health. The support and presence of grandparents can have a significant impact on the mental health of mothers, according to a new study published this week in ...

It's one of the basic tenets of biology: We get our DNA from our mom and our dad. But one notable exception has perplexed scientists for decades: Most animals, including humans, inherit the DNA inside ...

Just over half of parents in traditional families with both a mom and a dad worked full time last year — setting a record ...

The role of a mom is often overlooked, but by breaking down the actual costs of their labor, it really puts things into perspective. Motherhood is often referred to as a "thankless job," mostly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from UCLA have found that first-born daughters to moms who experienced depression during and immediately after ...

Young chimpanzees learn their communication style from their mother and maternal relatives, but show little similarity to the communication behavior of their father and paternal relatives, according ...

In the new study, the research team bred female mice either to express only maternal X chromosomes, or a mixture of maternal and paternal X chromosomes. "Skewing of the X chromosome is common among ...