Millions of Americans struggle to put money away, leaving them empty-handed as they approach one of life's key financial milestones. No, not retirement — having a child, which new research shows is ...

In 2025, new data show, the volume of child pornography online was likely larger than at any other point in history. A record 312,030 reports of confirmed child pornography were investigated last year ...

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.

At age 18 in all of the United States, a child can decide not to visit the other parent without consequence to themselves or the favored parent. Children who are considered legal adults (age 18 in ...

One of the joys of parenthood is watching your child reach milestones as they grow to become their own person: first laugh, first roll over, first steps. But one milestone parents really look forward ...

Two years after the expiration of the expanded child tax credit, a pandemic-era policy that temporarily but dramatically lowered child poverty rates, federal lawmakers are close to a bipartisan deal ...

The typical American family earns far too little to comfortably afford child care, according to a new analysis. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) considers child care affordable when ...

This story was originally published by The 19th on April 2, 2024. For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America's ...

A new child tax credit is coming next year, bringing significant changes that will alter how much assistance families receive — and which families can receive it. With his tax and spending package, ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Illinois is one of five Democrat-led states fighting the Trump administration's freeze on child care funding. Child care providers in the state say they will be forced to close if funding is halted.