Kids

A Common Pleas court judge has cleared the way for a controversial facility to house immigrant minors to open in North Philadelphia.

An estimated 150,000 Pa. families need child care outside the typical work day. But a new study says few providers can afford to offer that service.

As the iconic TV program has aged, it has managed to stay musically apace with its forever-young audience

Recruitment, workshops, and "challenging" discussions about racism are all part of the effort.

The Kenney administration wants to add about $1 million to the Office of Homeless Services budget. The money would be used to keep families in their homes.

The Game Commission plans to bring the bear north, to the mountains he would typically call home.

Vaccines worry a lot of parents. Pediatricians understand that, but they worry we’ve forgotten just how sick kids can get without the shots.

The child literacy initiative that began in New York five years ago is now in Wilmington barbershops. A library official said it aims to show kids that reading is “cool.”

From 2009 to 2014, at least 214 complaints were filed against federal agents for abusing or mistreating migrant children.

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health

Turnover among Delaware’s child-abuse investigators runs 40% a year. The state doesn’t have enough to meet its legal standard for caseloads.

Disney has made an effort to diversify and empower its princess cast in recent decades, responding to criticisms that the brand is too white and casts women in passive roles.

Amblyopia affects three out of every 100 kids. Age 2 is the ideal time to detect and treat it, vision experts say, but that doesn’t happen often.

Now New Jersey wants to recoup millions that it loaned to agencies pending a fix even though billing troubles — and payment troubles — persist.

Researchers examined more than 85,000 youth suicides that occurred between 1975 and 2016.