Kids

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.

The Department of Homeland Security has announced new guidelines to track child marriages among immigrants in the United States.

The new “Mythic Creatures” exhibit opens at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Saturday.

A little-known learning disability is helping kids — and adults — reframe their struggles with numbers.

For decades, people in the U.S. have worried about falling behind the rest of the world at math. Some teachers think they have answers.

A measles outbreak in Washington state prompted Gov. Jay Inslee to declare a state of emergency on Jan. 25. As of Thursday, 55 cases have been confirmed this year.

WHYY hosted “Uneven Play,” a community conversation with parents, school district representatives — and kids — to discuss playground inequity.

What matters to a child’s health? Sure, some things are embedded in our genetics. But from the moment we’re born, there are a million ...

Like many cities, when schools closed for the day, usually schoolyards did too. But when the school district upgraded its playgrounds, it kept them open longer.

Joshua Trump, a Delaware boy who was bullied over his last name, will join first lady Melania Trump in the gallery during the State of the Union.

The decision to invite girls into Boy Scouts was not an easy one but ahead of the February change, girls are already looking forward to being involved.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is launching a review of the Department of Human Services' Bureau of Hearings and Appeals.