When a tractor-trailer pulled into a New Britain, Conn., warehouse recently with 318 battery-powered, ride-on toy cars, professors Michele Dischino and James DeLaura looked as delighted as children on Christmas morning.

Dischino and DeLaura said they were already thinking about the disabled youngsters across Connecticut who will get the gift of...Read more

For the many low-income children in the U.S., summer can be a hungry time, especially for those who depend on federally-funded breakfast and lunch programs for a large share of their school-year meals.

Now, new research is showing that the food those youngsters do get to eat during the summer months is often not healthy and at risk of ...Read more

Young people who see images of cutting on Instagram are more likely to hurt themselves by imitating the act, and also are at higher risk for suicide, a new study suggests.

The research, led by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, the University of Vienna, and the University of Leuven in Belgium, was published ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A North Carolina day care is closing months after 2- and 3-year-olds wandered onto a highway.

The children left the child care center at Pinedale Christian Church, and five of them were found along a Winston-Salem road that had a 55 mph speed limit, WGHP-TV reported at the time.

Drivers and a police officer stopped to help the...Read more

It's a hard thing to go from being dependent on parents to being independent. Many offspring never entirely get there. Genuine dependency does not include creating a tradition of Sunday family dinners or having mom do one's laundry occasionally. But both children and parents should realize that being independent should not include frequent ...Read more