Children

New research finds that, after middle schoolers completed a climate change curriculum, their parents became more concerned about the phenomenon.

A new anthology urges us to look at the Earth with renewed wonder—and then to take action in its defense.

"We are striking because if the social order is disrupted by our refusal to attend school, then the system is forced to face the climate crisis and enact change."

A large new study finds that fathers are generally happier than childless men.

The Federal Trade Commission has fined the video-sharing social media app TikTok $5.7 million for illegally collecting data of children under 13, a record-setting amount for a child privacy violation.

New research presents the best evidence yet that taking arts classes benefits kids academically.

New research finds that prejudice against black males can be detected as early as age four.

Two recent independent reports argue that Medicaid and CHIP could be effectively leveraged to improve early childhood for the 45 percent of American children served by these programs.

A new study indicates that teachers and parents may be looking for ADHD in the wrong places—and missing it in others.

New research suggests that practicing Bach and Beethoven can build up the brain.

Air quality is harming children, sea otters get some good news, and a utility company provides a partial mea culpa for a major fire.

Cognitively speaking, there may be no way to recover from a disadvantaged childhood.

Despite its numerous failures in keeping the children it's housing safe, an Arizona facility may keep its federal funding due to a lack of other options.

Too bad U.S. policy doesn't reflect that.

Access to nature appears to provide kids with a specific cognitive advantage.

According to researchers, air pollution kills thousands in the city every year.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Rescue personnel carry children on their shoulders through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada, a village in India, on August 19th, 2018.

Sweeping military reforms include new guidelines for how the Department of Defense must handle child-on-child sexual assault on military bases.

The Supreme Court on Monday denied the Trump administration's request to halt a lawsuit that represents a novel attempt by children and teenagers to sue the federal government over its inaction on climate change.

An additional 18 million kids attended schools where officials didn't test the drinking water for lead, or where officials didn't know whether they had tested.

In a new study, prospective teachers were more likely to judge behavior as hostile if the child was African American.

Afghan children are often forced to work in the black market, where they can be exposed to physical and sexual abuse, drug addiction, and deportation.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds the hand of two-year-old Jamie McGuiness as she officially opens Play as One Scotland's fully inclusive play park on June 4th, 2018.