In a Word: Precocious Children and Fruit
How a mainstay of Christmas feel-good movies got its name.
How a mainstay of Christmas feel-good movies got its name.
In the 1800s, one man established a revolutionary model for child protection that continues to serve as the foundation for our child welfare system.
The first Newbery Award was given 100 years ago. This is the story of its rise to literary powerhouse status.
The things we call our children have changed greatly over the millennia, but in some ways they really haven’t.
Jean Gribbon uses beads to help pediatric oncology patients share their experiences with others.
The ‘step-’ in ‘stepchild’ and ‘stepparent’ denoted something much darker and sadder than what it indicates in today’s blended families.
Orrin Hudson uses chess to develop kids’ critical thinking skills and to inspire them to new heights.
“The world is full of children. Thousands of them. Millions. And I hate them all — every last one — because they are alive and my little boy is dead.”
Puritan kids’ literature made A Series of Unfortunate Events look like Goodnight Moon.
At some point, baby boomers decided not to behave like grown-ups, with repercussions from benign to unfortunate.
Children are 51 times more likely to become victims of identity theft than adults. Learn how to protect them.
When her semi-estranged daughter comes to visit, Karen Westerberg Reyes looks for answers to how they got there, and what would happen next.
At what point do our adult children cease to be the adoring babies we once knew?
“When the sea takes a man, sometimes it gives him back. … And sometimes it doesn’t give anything back at all.”