Research from recent decades shows that versions of Kara’s experience are common for less favored siblings. In childhood, ...

A source familiar with the matter said multiple federal agencies are involved in ongoing efforts to locate the children every day.

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...

A reader faults her husband’s relatives for not teaching their young children any English, which she worries may make for an awkward holiday visit.

There’s an invisible emergency in America: children toil in slaughterhouses, factories, and fields—night and day, unseen, unprotected, and endangered. A ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services describes behavioral disorders as involving “a pattern of disruptive behaviors in children that last for at least 6 months and cause problems in school ...

USA TODAY examined the disparities in how audiences respond to social media posts about missing children and found not all cases get the same level of engagement. Using 375 video posts from the ...

Your choices as a parent begin before your child is even born. From what to feed them to how to discipline, parenting seems to be one choice after another. The choices you make regarding your child’s ...

Growing data suggests that exposing young children to too much time in front of a TV or computer can have negative effects on their development, including issues with memory, attention and language ...

Babies and young children are sponges that soak in practically everything in their environments. It’s true! Even during story time, their minds are at work, taking in all the language they hear and ...

Nearly 130,000 migrant children entered the U.S. government's shelter system in fiscal year 2022, an all-time high driven by record arrivals of unaccompanied minors along the southern border, ...

Sharon Bessell receives funding from: The Australian Research Council The Norwegian Research Council The Paul Ramsay Foundation The Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and ...