Kids

Smartphones are hot items on many children’s Christmas lists this year. While it seems like a harmless purchase, parents should consider every aspect ...

In 2011, the National Center for Education Statistics revealed that 54% of eighth-graders performed at the Basic level for the National Assessment of ...

Devin Lorigan knows that there is plenty of evidence that physical exercise can have a direct positive impact on academic learning, but to see it firs...

Gun ownership is among the biggest topics of this election season, heating up emotions and arguments on all sides of the issue. But no matter where yo...

Over the last 30 years, the rate of obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents, making it a serious concern for parents a...

It’s Monday morning. Summer is over, and the kids are filing into the school building after being out for three months. For many of these students, it...

Drumming fingers on a table, peeling labels off bottles, tipping back in a chair, twirling hair—people, and especially kids, fidget in all different w...

Over the winter, Neil Armstrong Elementary School physical education teachers Glenn Pittman and Jake Johnson taught third-, fourth- and fifth-graders ...

Student stress and anxiety is real. Students experience tremendous pressure from testing, assessments and overly ambitious schedules. There is not eno...

Everyone loves holiday break, but it can also be a stressful time for working parents, who have to find care for their kids. During the 2015 holiday s...

When Jocelyn Malamy’s daughter, Eve, was 2 years old, she says the only thing the toddler wanted to eat at mealtime was cheddar cheese “by the handful...

If “no meltdown at the family party” tops your holiday wish list,there are a few steps you can take to minimize temper tantrums and keep thefun and go...

Everybody knows Black Fridayis the busiest shopping day of theyear, but what you may not knowis that it may also be the healthiest.Skeptical? You shou...

Here we go again. It’s Sunday night, and you’re staring into the fridge with glazed-over eyes. Ham and cheese? Peanut butter and jelly? You don’t have...

Stylish or functional, we love our bags. They’re trendy little—or not-so-little—ways to make us feel secure away from home, because they hold all that...

Most people know about asthma, and the coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath that come with it. But in recent years, a new form of the condition ...

One day in high school physical education class, a student named Sara disclosed to her teacher that she was sexually abused when she was 4 years old. ...

For today’s busy and stressed families, finding quiet time to decompress is not always easy. And as we go from a jam-packed work or school day to a bu...

The door creaks open, and a strobe light pulses in the background. Curious kids crane their necks to see inside before jumping back in terror as a big...