Researchers found the biggest gaps for low-income children beyond the classroom, in housing, health care, nutrition, child ...

Single, low-income moms are not signing up for child support, and this is a very good thing. Less formal child support means more and improved co-parenting, higher rates of father involvement, better ...

One in five American children live in poverty, even as pundits tout employment highs. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like ...

If American children could speak for themselves, they would say that education and healthcare are of paramount importance in their lives. If American children could vote, they would vote for […] ...

Pregnant women, poor children and the disabled are some of society’s most vulnerable populations. It’s a shame that Democrats in Washington are using these populations as bargaining chips to undo ...

If their parents had extra cash, would it help poor children? The intuitive answer is yes; not only can any parent attest to the cost of raising children, researchers can also point to a variety of ...

The downstream effects of state and national policies on children over the last year keep emerging. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) funding has been cut by ...

The study of 153,000 Australian children published today in Pediatrics reports that overall, 9.6 per cent of children were developmentally high risk. In particular, infants born following planned ...