In a Word: Precocious Children and Fruit
How a mainstay of Christmas feel-good movies got its name.
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Orphan Trains and Children’s Aid: The Compassion of Charles Loring Brace
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 Collaboration that Canonized Children’s Literature
The first Newbery Award was given 100 years ago. This is the story of its rise to literary powerhouse status.
In a Word: The Burden of Children
The things we call our children have changed greatly over the millennia, but in some ways they really haven’t.
Beading Cancer: Helping Sick Children Tell Their Stories
Jean Gribbon uses beads to help pediatric oncology patients share their experiences with others.
In a Word: Stepchildren, from Bereaved to Blended
The ‘step-’ in ‘stepchild’ and ‘stepparent’ denoted something much darker and sadder than what it indicates in today’s blended families.
All the Right Moves: Teaching Chess (and Life) to At-Risk Children
Orrin Hudson uses chess to develop kids’ critical thinking skills and to inspire them to new heights.
“The Woman Who Hated Children” by James Ronald
“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.”
The Creepy and Harsh Lessons of Early Children’s Books
Puritan kids’ literature made A Series of Unfortunate Events look like Goodnight Moon.
Forever Young: Why Are Adults Acting Like Children?
At some point, baby boomers decided not to behave like grown-ups, with repercussions from benign to unfortunate.
Con Watch: Stealing the Identities of Children
Children are 51 times more likely to become victims of identity theft than adults. Learn how to protect them.
Coping with Estranged Adult Children, Part 2: When Mia Came to Visit
When her semi-estranged daughter comes to visit, Karen Westerberg Reyes looks for answers to how they got there, and what would happen next.
Coping with Estranged Adult Children
At what point do our adult children cease to be the adoring babies we once knew?
The Sea Children
“When the sea takes a man, sometimes it gives him back. … And sometimes it doesn’t give anything back at all.”