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In this episode, learn how to build a reading nook with a reading bench that includes book storage for kids. The bench is ...

In a world buzzing with screens and toys, these 10 thoughtful gifts help kids slow down and fall in love with nature. From ...

When interior designer Evette Ríos, the host of Dime Cómo Hacerlo (the Spanish language version of This Old House) first ...

Ozone exposure early in life raises the risk a child will develop asthma and wheezing by age 4, a recent analysis found. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, analyzed data on 1,188 children ...

My reading habit shaped my personality growing up and continues to influence the way I parent. My husband and I want our kids to not only read, but to enjoy it the way we did as children – and ...

Kyle Lukoff, illus. by Levi Hastings. Simon & Schuster, Apr., ages 4–8 In what PW’s starred review called “an approachable, engaging work,” Newbery Honoree Lukoff details “how LGBTQ+ ...

The protesters reportedly held signs with slogans reading “Bring our Kids Back,” and “Tom Homan Took Our Kids,” and chanted “bring them home” as they gathered outside Homan’s house.

60% of children in the city’s North ward were living in poverty in the year ending March 2024, while fewer than one in 100 kids in the Walton Manor ward of Oxford were living in poverty ...

cutting off a funding source that helped pay for reading programs, free summer meals for kids and internet access at branches across the state. The grant was cut midway through the 2024-25 fiscal ...

Microsoft founder and multibillionaire Bill Gates, 69, says each of his three children will receive less than 1% of his more than $100 billion fortune. "In my case, my kids got a great upbringing ...

We want the parent to join the kid in reading the book,” Telgemeier says. She adds, “There’s nothing dumbed down about what kids' books are. Kids' books are really sophisticated and they're ...