There is growing evidence that the neediest families are falling through the welfare cracks under the new regime, especially in this weak economy.
Meredith Lopez | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
First, just a week shy of his 9-month birthday, the Princeling got sick for the first time. Like, really sick. Like, fever sick.
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green
Yet another report is out suggesting pesticides are a leading cause of Parkinson's Disease
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
Because of the unjust lottery of geography, millions of children are excluded from the critical care they need.
Deirdre Imus | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living
It's lunchtime at your child's school. Do you know what's on the menu?
Liane Weintraub | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living
Oh, the power of parental modeling -- it's scary, overwhelming and pressure-filled, but what an incredible opportunity!
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living
Texas serves as a prime example of why health reform at the national level that guarantees all children affordable, high-quality and accessible care is desperately needed.
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living
As headlines swirl and climates whirl/ And Wall Street finds its feet/ There's one refrain that doesn't change/ "Mommy, what's there to eat?"
Shaana Keller | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
In the United States today, more than 95% of our pregnant moms deliver in a hospital setting. Yet, for normal pregnancies, science has proven that it is safer to use a midwifery model of care.
James D. Weill | Posted 08.01.2009 | Home
More than 12 million children -- nearly 17 percent of all children in the country -- live in homes that are struggling with hunger, hindering them from growing, learning and succeeding in school.
Harvey Karp | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living
We used to think substances like Teflon, plastics, and formaldehyde were harmless, but a rising tide of evidence has turned the spotlight on chemical exposures as a possible poison to our children's developing brains.
AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green
BOSTON — Yes, he's obsessed with grooming, and he occasionally barks at you, but in most ways Isaac is not your typical fitness instructor. He w...
thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green
A new study suggests yet more reason kids are more susceptible to the harmful effects of harsh chemicals: Their bodies have yet to produce significant...
cnn.com | Madison Park CNN | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Babies who were born with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s have defied initial expectations....
Fred Hahn | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York
If we are going to create tests to help keep our children healthy and strong it would be helpful if we stuck to science rather than fitness lore.
Jenifer Fox | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
Most of the labels we ascribe to children overlook what is right about children. We prefer to concentrate on labeling weaknesses.
AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
ROME — The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion, a grim milestone that poses a threat to p...
Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living
Our children don't need drugs--they need us to protect them from misguided health professionals while we make every effort to meet their real needs in our families and schools.
Pam Cope | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
Next month, President Obama will make his first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa, traveling to Ghana -- a place where he can see first-hand the problem of child trafficking that now confronts so much of the world.
Dan Shapley | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green
A new study finds that the kitchen floors in most U.S. homes are laced with pesticides -- including pesticides known to cause cancer or disrupt the normal functioning of the human hormonal system.
Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 07.15.2009 | Living
The facile dismissal of those of us calling for safer vaccinations and scrutiny of the current vaccine schedule is not scientifically based and polarizes the discussion.
Harvey Karp | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living
This is the first post in a series of three about autism and vaccines. If a foreign government were suspected of doing something that caused brain pr...
AP | RITA BEAMISH | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living
SAN FRANCISCO — For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has endorsed the recycling of ground-up tires to cushion the surfaces of children...
Meredith Lopez | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
There are many reasons why I'm going to Mommy Hell when I die, but the latest reason is this: I have stopped reading baby books.
Timothy Cooper | Posted 06.28.2009 | Eyes & Ears
Youth should be sitting around the table with the policy and decision-makers, as no one knows the foster care system better than the youth who've lived in it.
Louise Marie Roth | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics