Kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines for managing childhood obesity, but the recommendations are a challenge for overwhelmed health systems.

Ben Rigden is only 8 years old, and is the founder and president of The Young Friends of the Burlington County Animal Shelter.

Anna Maria DiDio hopes to help other families deal with the trauma of adoption by making the challenges easy to talk about.

María Méndez is coordinator of Juntos Podemos, a new youth engagement effort from the longtime immigrant rights organization.

In his new book, “Dear,” Justin Kemp writes about minority teens facing mental health issues and opens up about his own struggles.

NAMI presenters visit eighth graders near Baltimore to have an honest conversation about mental health.

Under the new policy, students will be eligible to receive free services until they turn 22, rather than aging out of the program the summer after they turn 21.

To start the 5-year, NIH-funded study, researchers will collect feedback directly from students, something they say doesn’t usually happen.

The six children and two adults became trapped when a cable snapped while they were crossing a river canyon.

MLB says ticket-buyers are younger, more teens are watching the game and social media accounts, such as Jomboy Media, looking for snappy highlight breakdowns.

Rory Ehrlich says life has been pretty exciting since he entered the contest and became mullet-famous in Philadelphia.

Delaware County Council and Visit Delco gave a festive sendoff to the Media Little League team’s parents and supporters traveling to the first world series game.

The Delaware County, Pennsylvania squad defeated Washington, D.C. in the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship Friday.

The lawsuit said the church knew of similar reports about the priest dating back to the 1970s.

Win or lose, the town of Media is excited to see their team on the big screen.