Children and Youth

When I was a young researcher studying how forested ecosystems recover from wildfire, I brought my 6-month-old daughter with me to Yellowstone National Park. These forests are incredibly resilient to…

Babies and children are missing needed check-ups because of coverage loss. (Adobe Stock photo) Government red tape has caused millions of ch…

Florida updated its school safety dashboard in April 2024, and it is now one of the most comprehensive in the nation. F. Chris Curran is an education policy professor at…

The expanded child tax credit proposed under the Biden American Rescue Plan is the largest single anti-poverty investment in children since the introduction of Head Start to over half a…

Nearly 100,000 children lost parents to a drug overdose or gun violence in 2020. (Adobe Stock photo) Over the past 20 years, the number of U…

The connection between foster care and homelessness is well known among those working in the field. For youth transitioning from care who had a prior episode of homelessness, a future…

Every ten seconds, one child is saved by a vaccine against a fatal disease.

Child abuse is a serious public health issue in the United States. Paid family leave can help prevent it, researchers report.

Many of the sites and platforms that have done so much to democratize free expression around the world have also unfortunately spurred a rise in harmful and illegal content online,…

A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia, tracking their family histories and heart rates as they navigated daily life.

How can a home help young people get a college education?

While reading, scrolling and focusing on other objects near our faces increase the risk of developing myopia, a little time outdoors in the sun can help mitigate it.