A US early childhood support program that aims to provide new 'baby owners' with the equivalent of the missing manual in the form of expert advice has emerged from a Chicago evaluation showing only modest gains.

Work by researchers in Iceland is exposing the flaws in the orthodoxy of regarding high self-esteem as the key to children's well-being.

Can an otherwise effective intervention have potentially harmful side effects? Findings from the University of Miami expose the danger that behavioral therapy designed for one member of a family might jeopardize the equilibrium of the rest.