The TV show has delivered lasting educational benefits to millions of children, researchers said.

Parenting decisions that were commonplace a few decades ago are now cause for 911 calls and visits from a police officer or someone from child protective services.

A reports says the amount of time parents spend with their children has virtually no link to how kids turn out.

Youth sports are viewed as a rite of passage in a child’s development. If the clichés that permeate sports broadcasts and locker room speeches are to be believed, sports participation teaches children the value of hard work, builds character, and develops future leaders. While the validity of these claims are questionable, the fact remains that...

Three-dimensional printers create inexpensive, striking prosthetics that hint at comic-book superpowers for children who are missing fingers.

I will learn how to keep digging away to find more support for the greater glory of improving adolescent sleep.

Bill Jones is thought to have been the first single man to adopt a child in California, back in the 1960s. His son has since died, but despite the loss, Jones says he never regrets adopting his child.

On a recent Saturday afternoon, a 10-year old Maryland boy named Rafi and his 6-year old sister Dvora walked home by themselves from a playground about a mile away from their suburban house. They made it about halfway home when the police picked them up. You’ve heard these stories before,...

Intelligent and imaginative tales of love, loneliness, loyalty, loss, friendship, and everything in between.

US-based toy company Budsies can make any child a toy designer by transforming their drawings into real, accurately recreated plushies. Now, any child can experience the magic of seeing their fantasy characters come to life!

The Common Core should finally improve math education. The problem is that no one has taught the teachers how to teach it.

Parents feeling helpless when confronted with first-grade math work sheets are adding to the political debate about whether the Common Core is another way in which Washington is taking over people’s lives.

Cool bedrooms for kids

Andrew Knapp and his beautiful dog Momo the border collie, which we previously wrote about here, have a unique on-going game that they play with thousands of fans all over the world. The two best buddies have been find tons of great locations for Momo to hide in everywhere they go - urban areas, shops, yards, fields and neighbourhoods.