Kids

Paint pumpkins, go trick-or-treating, take a night bike ride, or compete in a costume contest (even with your dog).

The district is working on a “streamlined onboarding process,” per a spokesperson, as hundreds of positions remain unfilled.

Scholastic faced backlash for putting books dealing with race, gender and sexuality in their own optional category for middle school book fairs. It's now apologizing.

The state’s QT30 program was originally presented as a brochure, but the new app should better communicate how parents can promote child development.

Dr. James Gordon joins us to talk about healing from trauma. His work in conflicts around the world has informed his understanding of what it takes to recover.

The students worked together to create a collage based on how their location and background influenced their life.

Giving Philly and South Jersey youth an outlet and professional gaming training, Nerd Street Gamers looks to shape youth’s gaming future.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines for managing childhood obesity, but the recommendations are a challenge for overwhelmed health systems.

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge yielded stories about how students around the U.S. are thinking about and responding to climate change. Here are some of their ideas.

The two major poultry producers after reports that migrant children as young as 13 have been working overnight shifts to clean the companies' plants.

Ben Rigden is only 8 years old, and is the founder and president of The Young Friends of the Burlington County Animal Shelter.

Experts point to the expanded child tax credit as key to this poverty yo-yo. When it ended, many lower-income families struggled to pay their bills or buy enough food.

Anna Maria DiDio hopes to help other families deal with the trauma of adoption by making the challenges easy to talk about.

A heat wave at the start of the school year has educators scrambling to keep kids cool and safe.

María Méndez is coordinator of Juntos Podemos, a new youth engagement effort from the longtime immigrant rights organization.