A mom and science writer offers an operating manual for parents grappling with kids' screen use and cravings for sweets.

(Pirotehnik/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Giving birth to more than the average number of children or having no children at all ...

Looking for something for your kids to do during spring break? Local museums, the Boys & Girls Clubs, and YMCAs are offering ...

A parent-teacher organization is hoping to inspire the next generation of innovators by offering an interactive, hands-on ...

The free event in its 18th year comes as the Trump administration proposes deep cuts to federal science agencies, including a ...

It's rare for parents to focus more on listening to their children than on lecturing them, but when they do, they raise humans with some wonderful traits.

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.

When a parent at school pickup casually asks their toddler to put on a jacket and the kid just… does it, other parents notice ...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” and the current administration’s newly released “Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030” both claim to be about public health. But they come from ...

Schools must evolve to teach digital literacy, genetics, and sustainability—preparing students not just for future jobs, but ...

WASHINGTON – When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how ...

Vaccination is even more important during crisis. “Children who are not well fed are very fragile,” as malnutrition weakens ...