Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help ...

The children of George Carroll, a Korean War veteran, were told their father went out for cigarettes and never returned. He was actually a homicide victim George Carroll, a Korean War veteran, ...

Danielle Gansky was 7 years old when an administrator at her upscale private girls’ school in suburban Philadelphia flagged problems with her academic performance. She was a bubbly and creative kid, ...

A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will require elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals. A viral claim has been doing the rounds that New ...

If you spend any time on TikTok or Reddit, you’ve probably seen people talking about “FAFO parenting.” The acronym stands for “F**k Around and Find Out.” In FAFO parenting, parents allow their kids to ...

Danielle Arlanda Harris receives funding from the Queensland Family and Child Commission and the Australian Research Council. Families with young children are yet again reeling after this week’s Four ...

Children who grow up speaking two languages develop strengths that shape the way they learn and connect with others. Bilingualism is often seen only as a practical skill for communication, but ...

Three parents — Reni Cao, Xiao Zhang, and Susan Rosenthal — were worried about their children’s screen time, so they left their tech jobs to create a product that encourages children to engage with ...

Summer has arrived. For kids, this might mean freedom from schoolwork. But for parents, it can also mean the summer care scramble—the stressful (and expensive) need for working parents to piece ...

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

A new crop of children’s book authors are trying to help kids develop curiosity about their physical bodies. But how exactly do they turn fraught body politics into compelling children's stories? As ...