Kids

Like with everything else this year, the pandemic also left its mark on Halloween.

Many don’t perceive jokes that rely on sarcasm and dual meanings. Improv comedy can help with understanding that, and teach other life skills.

The culprit is air pollution — a problem around the globe, from homes where people cook using coal and wood to the smoky streets of San Francisco when wildfires were raging.

This week; the Health Department gives us some trick-or-treating guidelines, voting rights for people with dementia, and poet Airea D. Matthews.

A Dauphin County judge on Friday approved the Milton Hershey School’s plan to open six free early childhood centers around Pennsylvania.

Visitors will be able to pose for photos or have storytime with Santa in the mall, but there will be COVID-19 safety guidelines in place. You can also chat with him by Zoom.

Philadelphia is suing the San Francisco-based e-cigarette manufacturer, alleging the company used deceptive marketing to get young people hooked.

Pediatricians have been asking policy makers to include children in COVID-19 vaccine trials. Tthe FDA has given Pfizer approval to enroll adolescents as young as 12 years old.

The installations are part of a national initiative that creates play spaces wherever it can fit them — on sidewalks, buildings and even inside offices.

The pandemic delayed, but did not stop, the IDEA center in Camden from offering young people ways to create art.

The governor’s coronavirus restrictions are quashing many traditional events and door-to-door candy grabs are discouraged.

Educators around the U.S. told us they're facing heartbreaking choices between the needs of their students and the needs of their own children.

Between March and the beginning of September, more than 260 licensed child-care programs across Pennsylvania permanently closed.

This week; furloughs in the airline industry, aging out of foster care in a pandemic, and what's wrong with Philly sports?

With another conservative nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy moves to codify abortion rights into state law.