Is your child known to act up at dinner? You may want to avoid Toccoa Riverside Restaurant, as it charges an extra fee for poorly behaved children.

Giving residents censorship rights over librarians and the public crosses a clear line that should never be breached.

Globally, road “accidents” kill more than 1 million people a year, and are the primary cause of death for people aged under 30.

Researchers say children who start reading for pleasure early in life could end up with better test scores and mental health outcomes as teenagers.

Only one in three UK children now enjoy writing in their free time – including text messages – with those on free school meals most likely to do so

Emotional regulation skills set the stage for closing the learning gap.

Has our drive to protect our children impaired their mental health—and made our conversations with them less rich? Recently Dr. Peter Gray, a psychology professor at Boston College and prominent researcher on child play, alerted me to his recent article exploring exactly this question. The article, in-press as of March 2023 in the Journal of Pediatrics, and written along with David F. Lancy of Utah State and David Bjorlung of Florida State, comes to startling conclusions.

At KIPP Public Schools in Indianapolis, some bus drivers turn into tutors to help students with individual letter sounds and other key elements of literacy instruction. It’s part of a larger push in Indiana to use the “science of reading” with students.

Utah's governor Spencer Cox signed a bill requiring social media platforms to establish a curfew between 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. for Utah teenagers.

To empower students to not only be able to read but also to want to read, a holistic approach — offering intensive care for the most at-risk students and specialized attention for those with moderate literacy needs — is key.

The study's sobering findings underscore the extent of the opioid epidemic’s impact on children, according to its lead author.

Play is so important for kids, but what about adults? Why don’t you usually see mum or dad swinging on the monkey bars at a playground?

There were two types of kids in the 1970s and 1980s, those who were on the bike doing a jump, and those who were lying on the ground being jumped over.

The Whitmer administration is expected to propose spending $160 million to feed every Michigan student.

A study of children living near one such airport in US finds those within 1.5 kilometers are at highest risk

Seattle public schools have sued the tech giants behind TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat, accusing them of creating a "mental health crisis among America's Youth." The 91-page lawsuit filed in a US district court states that tech giants exploit the addictive nature of social media, leading to rising anxiety, depression and thoughts of self-harm.

Through medicalization, the world is blaming children for their inattention and sadness when really, the world is to blame.

The war over children's books is depressing. As a reset, we asked parents from across the political spectrum to tell us which books they consider essential.

An analysis of the data from a large study of German twins (TwinLife) found no support for the notion that parental control, parental activities and extracurricular activities affect the development of noncognitive skills of early adolescents (10-14 years of age).

A more complex worldview and improved empathic abilities are associated with early exposure to fiction reading, according to new research that was just published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.