I'm in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother's bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the table, bench and floor. It's a chaotic—but functional—solution to the problem.

Children who feel unsafe at home, in school, or in their neighborhood show differences in brain connectivity. A new neuroimaging study published in Psychological Medicine suggests these differences ...

Introducing child-led conferences at the kindergarten level represents a meaningful shift in how we view young children as learners. For too long, traditional parent–teacher meetings have been ...

By cranking up the difficulty on the test task, researchers found that children are capable of finding systematic solutions ...

A new study explored how parents' divorce affects early child development. Data from more than 62,000 children aged 3 to 5 ...

As a lack of accessible child care and affordable housing weighs heavily on young Routt County families, First Impressions of ...

A new developmental theory from an Iowa State researcher describes how our memory and perception of trauma can evolve over ...

A nine-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by the director of a children’s home in Hosur. Late on Sunday (September 21, 2025), the police arrested five persons, including the director of the home, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Ashlee Homes Supported Living Ltd had scaled back plans to house eight children and eight staff members at the properties in Freeston Avenue, St Georges, to four children and four staff members. Some ...

THERE ARE MORE KIDS LIVING IN FOSTER CARE THAN AVAILABLE HOMES. AND THE CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY SAYS THERE’S A GREAT NEED TO FILL THAT GAP. THE AGENCY HAS ROLLED OUT A BRAND NEW INITIATIVE, HOPING TO ...