Home & Family

The two-part filing will include an increase designed to cover "costs of essential services" to keep the city's municipally-owned utility stable.

The ongoing program pairs artists with parents to write lullabies for their babies, crystalizing their first years in song.

About 1,700 families signed up for the toy shop at Camden’s Kroc Center, but more help is needed to serve the more than 400 families on the waitlist.

Fallen leaves make great natural fertilizer and offer a place for insects to spend the winter.

Here's an easy guide to how to make use of rainwater, dead leaves, and food waste through the different composting and rain barrel services offered in Philadelphia.

The water company is telling residents in the affected areas do not drink the water before boiling it first.

Harvard researchers Emily Weinstein and Carrie James on their new book, "Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (And Adults Are Missing)."

Parenting changes once kids reach adulthood, but it's hard to figure out what a parent's role should be. Today, raising resilient adults and the risks of overparenting.

Education reporter Anya Kamenetz on "The Stolen Year" about how we failed kids during the pandemic and the toll school closures had on their lives.

$35 million in assistance, which has kept more than 4,000 applicants in their homes, remains available to help those in need.

A lawsuit alleges that Pennsylvania’s ChildLine registry is unconstitutional because the accused are not offered a hearing prior to being listed as offenders.

After two years working in the community, the Chinese Immigrant Family Wellness Initiative is continuing to grow.

Calls from animal welfare rescue orgs seeking adopters, fosters, and donations have grown louder in recent weeks. But the number of pets entering the shelter hasn’t abated.

Some Philadelphia parents who are eager to vaccinate their infants and toddlers must be patient a little while longer.

In the immediate aftermath of overturning Roe v. Wade, a look at the abortion debate, access to reproductive healthcare and the challenges for pregnant people turned away.