Families and lawyers describe the Dilley, Texas, immigration center as a place where kids are served contaminated food, ...

A mother and her 5-year-old daughter went to a Chicago laundromat this fall, expecting it to be a regular day. But as they were washing their clothes, the mother said, they were surrounded by 20 armed ...

Children who go to emergency departments in a mental health crisis and need to be hospitalized often end up stuck there for days, a new study finds. That happens in roughly one in ten of all mental ...

In the shadow of political posturing and enforcement quotas, a silent tragedy unfolds every day in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids homes, workplaces and even community spaces, ...

One of the perks of parenthood, it is often said, is to relive the joys of one’s youth, to share with your child everything you once loved—especially books. Before I was a parent, I was skeptical of ...

Dialogue with adults may lead to stronger pathways between two brain regions. Adults who hold back-and-forth conversations with young children rather than just talking to them may be helping to ...

Kids are really the germiest members of the household. In case you didn’t know that from experience, new research published in the journal Pediatrics confirmed that respiratory viruses circulate ...