Children
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News
More Screen Time Means Less Parent-Child Talk, Study Finds
The News Credit...Jessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesAccording to new research, “technoference” is real. Toddlers who are exposed to more screen time have fewer conversations with their parents or caregivers by an array of measures. They say ...
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News
How to Spot Kawasaki Disease in Your Child
Cases of this rare, potentially dangerous childhood illness are growing in the U.S. It is often mistaken for scarlet fever, tick-borne diseases or common viruses. Here’s what to look for.
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US
What Christian Traditions Say About I.V.F. Treatments
While Catholic teaching expressly forbids in vitro fertilization, Protestants tend to be more open.
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News
Some Pregnant Women and Infants Received the Wrong R.S.V. Shots
Doctors and pharmacists seem to be confused by the guidelines. And the brand names aren’t helping.
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News
Some Pregnant Women and Infants Received the Wrong R.S.V. Shots
Doctors and pharmacists seem to be confused by the guidelines. And the brand names aren’t helping.
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World
Hungary’s President Resigns Amid Outcry Over Sex Abuse Case Pardon
Katalin Novak, an outspoken champion of family values, announced her resignation on Saturday, the latest in a series of prominent figures in the governing party felled by sex scandals.
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US
Parents Are Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives, and Fine With It
New surveys show that today’s intensive parenting has benefits, not just risks, and most young adults seem happy with it, too.
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Newyork
We Americans Neglect Our Children
Individually, we adore and pamper our children. We shuttle them from soccer practice to music lessons and then organize their play dates with meticulous fanaticism. Yet collectively, we mistreat America’s children, especially by the standards of ...
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US
In Florida, New School Laws Have an Unintended Consequence: Bureaucracy
Under recent rules, some students can’t take a vision test or get a Band-Aid without permission slips. And it’s up to schools to hunt them down.
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US
What to Know About the Science of Reading
An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands.