World Oct 13 How Moscow takes Ukrainian children and makes them Russians By Sarah El Deeb, Anastasiia Shvets, Elizaveta Tilna, Associated Press
Health Sep 13 Watch 5:47 American Academy of Pediatrics urges FDA to approve COVID vaccines for children under 12 As the U.S. continues inoculating adults and adolescents, questions remain about vaccinating the 48 million kids under the age of 12. With the delta variant raging, almost five times as many children are being hospitalized for COVID-19. The American Academy…
Nation Aug 10 Watch 6:44 As millions of students return to the classroom, parents remain divided on mask mandates As U.S. schools begin opening for another year of learning, the controversy over whether students should be required to wear masks is anything but settled in many states. While hospitalization and death from COVID-19 is uncommon in children, cases have…
Economy Apr 06 Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a ‘wasteland of vapid’ content In a letter sent Tuesday to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, the House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy says YouTube isn't doing enough to protect kids from material that could harm them. By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Agents for Change Dec 25 This teen CEO is empowering young volunteers to give back Kenan Pala's idea for Kids4Community came out of his family's experience. He said he learned to volunteer “as soon as I learned to walk.”… By Harry Zahn
Oct 22 Pediatricians relax guidelines on screen time for kids to give more flexibility By Megan Thielking, STAT The American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends that parents keep infants and toddlers away from screens until they hit 18 months, instead of two years. Continue reading
Feb 20 Youtube releases an app, you know, for kids By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Children’s entertainment giants like Jim Henson TV, DreamWorks, Sesame Street and programs like Thomas the Tank Engine are partnering with YouTube to push content on the new app. Educational programs like National Geographic Kids and YouTube stars like vlogger Hank… Continue reading
Dec 08 App developers are tracking kids despite laws to protect their privacy By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Whether mobile app developers seek parental consent first — as required by law — or pass the information on to advertisers isn't entirely clear. But if you prefer to stay anonymous, your options are limited: Wade through each mobile app's… Continue reading
May 19 Many kids in health care marketplaces are missing out on dental coverage By Marissa Evans, Kaiser Health News New data suggest the health care law is failing to fully deliver on its promise: A lot of parents didn’t buy dental coverage during the recent online enrollment period. That spells trouble, according to health experts. Continue reading
May 05 Navigating the ‘cage match’ of modern parenthood By Jennifer Senior The truth is, there’s little even the most organized people can do to prepare themselves for having children. They can buy all the books, observe friends and relations, review their own memories of childhood. But the distance between those proxy… Continue reading