In an era of packed schedules, screen time, and intense focus on school readiness, many children are playing less than in previous generations, which harms development.

State officials have publicized guidance for child care providers on how to respond to and report unwanted visits.

However, the assumption that social media use harms teens has always relied on an inconclusive body of research. New research ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A group helping children and families in crisis is celebrating a generous gift. Security Benefit presented Lifehouse Child Advocacy Center a $50,000 donation. Lifehouse ...

Immigrant advocacy groups are speaking out after Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) rescinded Executive Order 47, one of her first actions after being inaugurated. It ends Virginia’s participation in the ...

WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — Video shows Wyoming firefighters carrying a small child to safety and helping two adults escape a third-floor apartment during a fire Monday night. The Wyoming Fire Department ...

PARKERSBURG — The North Star Child Advocacy Center (NSCAC) recently released its 2025 preliminary numbers which are showing the number of interviews conducted having gone up over the last year as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artificial intelligence tools are fueling the creation of online child sexual abuse material, according to a new study that ...

The Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center is pictured on Nov. 25, 2025. A Douglas County judge will soon decide whether to order a man to stand trial for child abuse after a store’s video ...

OpenAI and a nonprofit group that has been among its antagonists said Friday they would set aside competing proposals in California to limit how AI chatbots interact with children and work together on ...

A Minneapolis child care center prominently featured in a viral video attempting to expose fraud in Minnesota has suddenly closed, state records show. The Quality Learning Center at 1411 Nicollet Av., ...