The first time Vanessa Elias heard the term “play deficit disorder,” something clicked. She’d already noticed how her kids’ overpacked schedules took a toll and how the children in her Connecticut ...

Streaming services have brought a glut of animated shows targeted at small children — and an interesting approach to ...

The new national poll on children’s health from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital finds three in five parents say their child ...

"Play isn’t just a frivolous pastime for children. It’s a powerful, even essential, tool for healing," writes Cas Holman.

With the average amount spent per adult child at a three-year high of $1,474 per month, one certified financial planner has advice on what to watch out for.

About 1 in 10 preschoolers and toddlers go outside to play once a week or less, a University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott ...

As a result, child actors never really grow up, or, more precisely, having grown up once, early, like a forced flower, they ...