Children’s visits to the pediatrician are underused opportunities to address the nation’s rates of childhood obesity. A recent study published in Pediatrics found a strategy called motivational ...

Pediatricians and dietitians who used motivational interviewing techniques to counsel families about their young child's weight were successful in reducing children's body mass index percentile 3.1 ...

Experts caution that praising children's innate abilities can backfire, fostering anxiety and a fear of failure. Instead, ...

Australian citizen Rory Callum Sykes, who spent time as a motivational speaker when he was a child, is among those who lost their lives in the tragic Los Angeles wildfires. He was 32. His mom, Shelley ...

A Kansas City metro mom is behind a nationwide effort to get kids off their smart phones and back into "real" life with a focus on the dangers lurking online and social media. A recall effort 22 ...

Rory Sykes, who appeared on television shows as a child and later became a motivational speaker on living with disabilities, has died in the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, according to his mother, ...