Kids

Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell talks about the important role public pools play in Philadelphia’s neighborhoods.

This weekend, the Swann Fountain will serve as inspiration as Philadelphia-based artists put on animal sculpture demonstrations for young artists.

Intended to prevent loitering and vandalism, “The Mosquito" has been banned in several cities around the globe.

Being aware of noise in your child’s environment is important for hearing and cognitive development, studies show. Apps can help identify quiet spaces.

In the same way your voice is louder in a smaller room, sounds are amplified in a child’s smaller ear, says a Children’s Hospital audiologist.

The data in the report come from 2014 when the bureau for the first time asked both men and women about their fertility histories.

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.