Kids

In a recent health committee hearing, the Republican U.S. Senator said vaccines shouldn’t be mandatory, and suggested they give people a false sense of security.

A conversation with YA fiction writer Laurie Halse Anderson on her own sexual assault when she was 13 years old and how to talk to young people about sexual violence.

A life-sized Middle Eastern sailboat, artifacts, and lively demonstrations by Muslim artists are featured in the Please Touch Museum’s latest exhibition: America to Zanzibar.

Senator Robert Singer has proposed establishing a registry in the N.J. Department of Health that would track any adverse reactions experienced by children under the age of 19.

Anyone with kids in their lives knows what it's like to be surprised by a tough question. It can come at any time, often when you least expect it.

YouTube is disabling comments on millions of videos featuring minors, responding to accusations that pedophiles use comments to network and share links.

At least eight states, including some that have experienced measles outbreaks this year, want to remove personal exemptions for the measles vaccine.

Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in government-funded shelters were made over the past four years.

We discuss the Jeffrey Epstein and other recent cases of powerful people who, until now, have escaped justice for sex abuse crimes.

After several incidents came to light in the early 2000s, the school said it would take action. So why are beatings still happening?

Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks have twin sons, born four minutes apart. The U.S. State Department has maintained that one is a U.S. citizen and one is not.

When it comes to adoption, Americans might assume that each child is treated equally. But research shows that darker-skinned children are repeatedly discriminated against.

When children cross the border without their parents, they're sent to federal shelters until caseworkers can find them a home. But everything changes when they turn 18.

Parents also say Facebook made it challenging to find out how to report what had happened and often would not reimburse parents.

Talent, I argue, is not born, it’s made – and parents can make a big difference.