In 2025, new data show, the volume of child pornography online was likely larger than at any other point in history. A record ...

When your child doesn't open up to you, you may feel shut out and worried. Here are two key ways to raise your child to ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan for free child care for 2-year-olds.

The soaring cost of child care in the U.S. can now exceed what families pay for housing or college. That's according to recently released data that outlines the heavy financial burden on the nearly 14 ...

Every "What if?' is your child's brain trying to protect them. Here is how to gently free them from the nagging thoughts that won't let go.

Comments about Nick Cannon's child support recently surfaced during the sixth season of Selling Sunset A lawyer is setting the record straight on the laws of child support after Nick Cannon's family ...

At age 18 in all of the United States, a child can decide not to visit the other parent without consequence to themselves or the favored parent. Children who are considered legal adults (age 18 in ...

Two years after the expiration of the expanded child tax credit, a pandemic-era policy that temporarily but dramatically lowered child poverty rates, federal lawmakers are close to a bipartisan deal ...

One of the joys of parenthood is watching your child reach milestones as they grow to become their own person: first laugh, first roll over, first steps. But one milestone parents really look forward ...

A new child tax credit is coming next year, bringing significant changes that will alter how much assistance families receive — and which families can receive it. With his tax and spending package, ...

Does Illinois state law specify an age at which a child can be left home alone? Not following a 2023 change to the law. Philipp Guelland Getty Images Summer officially begins Friday, but metro-east ...