My husband and I grew up playing outdoors unsupervised and wanted the same for our kids. We've worked with other parents in our neighborhood to create the same environment where we live. It's taken ...

New Australian research show importance of Dads in early child development. June 17, 2011— -- Dads play roughhousing with their young children is crucially important in the early development of ...

Despite old fears that bad effects follow excessive video game playing or questionable game choices, researchers found those factors mattered little, if any, in children's brain health. The bad news?

Hundreds of young children in the U.S. have been killed playing with guns over the last two decades, according to a study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vast ...

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Parents and their adult children have revealed what it is like to live together as young Americans in their 20s and 30s increasingly remain at home and rely on mom and dad for financial support. For ...

A black bear attacked two young children who were playing in their driveway this week outside of their home in eastern Pennsylvania, officials said. The children, who are 5 years old and 14 months old ...

Authorities say a bear that attacked and injured two young children playing in the driveway of a northeastern Pennsylvania home has been captured and euthanized. The Pennsylvania Game Commission said ...