Aug 09 10 kids’ books that made us fall in love with reading By Elizabeth Flock Have you and your child read "The Borrowers" or "The Outsiders"? What about "Octagon Magic"?… Continue reading
Apr 24 UN recommends no screen time for babies, only 1 hour for kids under 5 By Associated Press The World Health Organization has issued its first-ever guidance for how much screen time children under 5 should get: not very much, and none at all for those under 1. Continue reading
Jan 29 Measles patients are mostly children. Here’s why By Jamie Leventhal Here’s a look into how the latest epidemic started, why children may face the worst of it, and how it's no surprise that the outbreak hit the Pacific Northwest. Continue reading
Dec 10 Mysterious paralyzing illness affecting children reached record number, health officials say By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press It's still not clear what's causing the kids to lose the ability to move their face, neck, back, arms or legs. The symptoms tend to occur about a week after the children had a fever and respiratory illness. Continue reading
Oct 20 An Ebola outbreak presents a new mystery involving children By Helen Branswell, STAT The disproportionate number of recent infections among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo — specifically in Beni, the outbreak’s current hot spot — has come as a surprise; typically young children don’t make up a big proportion of cases… Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 4:22 This war photographer uses toys to tell child survivors’ stories By Julia Griffin In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Brian McCarty chronicles the horrors of war through the eyes of children, using art therapy and toys to direct his photographs. Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 6:55 This advice could help parents of kids with serious illnesses As a psychologist and counselor specializing in the care of children with cancer, Joanna Breyer has advice for families facing stress for which they never prepared. Author of "When Your Child Is Sick," Breyer joins Judy Woodruff for a conversation. Continue watching
Jun 17 ‘Free our children now’ — On the U.S.-Mexico border, activists protest separation of immigrant families By Vivekae Kim As families around the country celebrated Father’s Day, immigration activists in Texas on Sunday held a march and vigil to draw attention to recent separations of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Jun 16 Republicans risking conservative backlash over immigration By Steve Peoples, Associated Press NEW YORK — The push toward immigration votes in the House is intensifying the divide among Republicans on one of the party’s most animating issues and fueling concerns that a voter backlash could cost the GOP control of the House… Continue reading
Jun 11 When imagination is a child’s only refuge, ‘that’s not a happy ending’ By Jennifer Hijazi In “Fable of the Pack-Saddle Child,” a poet imagines how a child who's been neglected and abused finds escape in her own mind. Continue reading