Children and Youth

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently released new obesity management guidelines in order to help address the growing obesity crisis in children.

For parents of children with disabilities, child care shortages have always been a reality.

Most child shooting victims are shot outdoors for unknown reasons and are likely not the intended target, a new study shows.

Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.

India is facing a job crisis. In November 2022, the unemployment rate in the country rose to 8 percent—the highest in three months. According to a statistical profile on unemployment in India from…

February is a good time for children to learn more about Black history. You can bolster your children’s learning with digital resources. Here are four tools from national museums and…

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, existing structural and socio-economic inequities in Nepal excluded most adolescent girls from schooling. More than 80 percent of girls who have left school did not find the support…

The devastation of child marriage effectively ends a girl’s childhood. How? Forced marriage robs a girl of her education and more, replacing lessons learned in the classroom with adult responsibilities, including forced…

Adults who were victims of gunshot, stab, and assault wounds as children had higher rates of PTSD, according to a new study.

Here’s what recent research tells us about the widespread benefits of spending on children. For employers Employers see benefits for their employees and businesses when families have child care and…

Home-based child care providers have been the “unsung heroes in the COVID-19 crisis,” as many stepped up to continue services despite nearly 40 percent of the child care workforce losing their…

Disciplinary transfers represent a large, yet hidden share of California’s exclusionary discipline practices, blocking students from their schools without the public reporting or due process protections that regulate expulsions.