When Should a Kid Start Kindergarten?
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States want children to be a year older when they enter school. This could lead to better test scores â and more inequality.
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By Marc Freeman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Mar. 10--Free summer pre-kindergarten classes are returning to Palm Beach County, as providers hope to attract more interest than last year.
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NEW YORK  - Efforts to curb underage drinking in the U.S. should start as early as the fourth grade, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researcher reports in the current issue of Prevention Science.
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More than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are plagued with obesity,. The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: more than 10 per cent of US children ages two to five are overweight.
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The most common back-to-school message from educators and parenting experts is: Get involved with your children, their school, their activities.
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Lenders want a place in your kid's wallet. Maybe you should let them in.
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ATLANTA, Feb. 1 -- States should be prepared to keep children out of school for three months, businesses should be prepared to operate with skeleton workforces, children should be prepared to play mostly with their siblings, and parents should be prepared to lose income as they skip work and cobble...
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MILWAUKEE, Feb. 2  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every parent wants his or her child to be a "good" kid. Polite, kind and happy.  Respectful, funny and confident. But how do you teach a child to be gracious or confident? Many parents -- and even educators -- are turning to technology for help.
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Babies who are born heavy and grow fast have a 150 percent chance of being overweight or obese by the time they are seven years old, a survey of more than 8,000 children in Hong Kong has shown.
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Pupils at four primary schools are being given the choice of starting lessons at different times of the day.
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Young children are supposed to play, run, jump and be active for at least two hours a day, but most aren&#39;t doing even half that much at preschool, says one of the first large studies to look at physical activity in children ages 3 to 5.
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Tips on how to save for your child's education.
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(HealthDay News) -- Knowing when your child is old enough to be left alone can be a daunting decision.
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Premature infants, known as preemies, come into the world earlier than full- term infants. Prematurity occurs when a pregnancy lasts fewer than 37 weeks;  full-term infants are born 38 to 42 weeks after they are conceived. Age in  premature babies is often defined in postconceptional weeks (the number of  weeks after the baby was conceived) until the baby is 40 weeks old, which is  the average age of a full-term baby.
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Why are we so afraid of our children moving back in while they get on their feet? A new report says college grads from a peak "boomerang" year were doing just fine a decade later
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters Life!) - Picking up the kids from kindergarten after commuting from work and shopping for groceries sounds like a job best suited for a station wagon.
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With the start of the school year, parents need to take steps to protect their children from allergy and asthma triggers they may encounter at school.