Oona Hanson is a writer, educator and parent coach who specializes in helping families navigate diet culture and eating disorders. A common misconception about eating disorders is that they afflict ...

An age-old problem that parents face is when to keep their child home from school. It is really a very complicated problem ...

Parents and caregivers play a crucial role in advocating for their child’s healthcare needs, acting as their voice and actively participating in medical decisions, especially when the child is young ...

Ohio has a child care problem, but it isn't the one TikTokers, YouTubers, political opportunists and xenophobic racists want you to believe. Child care workers are underpaid, and child care is far too ...

From A.D.H.D. to anxiety, disorders have risen as the expectations of childhood have changed. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Jia Lynn Yang One of the more bewildering ...

We are seeing epidemic levels of stress in children and teenagers, with increasing rates of clinical depression, anxiety, and other coping problems. Fear, uncertainty, and lack of control—the factors ...

Parents have been sounding off to me with lots of questions about heart murmurs in their children. Allow me to get to the heart of the matter and provide some information on this topic. A heart murmur ...

Americans overwhelmingly view the cost of child care as a significant issue, and most support initiatives to offer free or low-cost day care and to require employers to provide paid family leave for ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Make America Healthy Again Commission, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has released its Make Our Children ...

A billion-dollar crisis is brewing among Miami-Dade parents with young children — and their employers. Child care costs are draining parents’ wallets and hitting their employers’ bottom lines, ...

FILE - Pre-K students at The Learning Lamp Center for Children in Somerset participate in a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to celebrate the completion of its “Child Care Works for Somerset” campaign at the ...