It’s OK for kids to wear volume-limited headphones, but parents should still monitor their use. Read on to find the best kids ...

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Not once, in the four and a half years I learned at home, did anyone from the state come to assess what sort of education I was receiving, or even just check on me.

A few weeks ago, I saw a tweet (now deleted and long gone) stating that parents don’t need to teach their kids to share. I can’t remember the exact wording, but the reasoning was something along the ...

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As far as physical activity goes, American kids are mostly C and D students. And “everything is graded on a curve,” says Jordan Carlson, a professor of pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital in ...

Trying to find a good video for your little ones to watch on YouTube can be a challenge. Even if you limit the search to YouTube Kids, there’s so much out there. How can you determine what’s good and ...

Put away the silverware. Fold the towels. Feed the dog. Bring in the mail. There is a myriad of ways in which kids – starting as early as age 2 – can help out around the house. While some of this ...

Though our town was about three hours south of the path of totality, a celebratory atmosphere permeated the community. One of my kids spent the afternoon constructing a moveable 3D eclipse model, ...

“Sharenting” – when parents share their children’s lives online – entered the dictionary a few years ago. Awareness of ...

This piece is part of Scientific American’s column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. Mental health concerns. Exposure to pornography. Addiction. Loneliness. Bullying. Adolescents’ use of ...