Why do poor people often have many kids, even thou...  ...often have many kids, even though having a lot of children surely makes their tough lives even harder? Don't...  ...s the world to see if the age at which women have children changes according to their life expectancy (Cross...

While most people cite Dr. Suess as their favorite...  ...hile most people cite Dr. Suess as their favorite children ’s author, they often overlook another child...  ...risingly though, Scarry is the number one selling children ’s book author in the world and his titles a...  ...y is the widely succe...

To, ahem, celebrate (that's the word!) Mother's Da...  ...a compilation of videos of mothers pranking their children .Why? Because there's nothing that says "I Lo...

Lenore Skenazy, a mom and the author of Free-Ran...  ...before Memorial Day - as the very first "Take Our Children to the Park... And Leave Them There Day." It i...

(YouTube link) Check out some clever words to describe the way kids exasperate their parents. My kids have outgrown most of these phases, but I remember them well! Link...

A medical examiner in Oregon has concluded that a 6 year old girl committed suicide after being sent to her room. The police disagree with the finding and view it as an accident. The question has become whether a small c...

I remember my favorite books from when I was a kid...  ...e of the strangest, funniest, and most disturbing children 's books ever.I remember reading The House That Ja...

Got anger? A new national survey of 1,800 American...  ...be stronger among women and younger adults.Having children was also associated with angry feelings and behav...

Illustration by Shaun Tan The Book Review has a...  ...Book Review has an annual roundup of the best in children 's books from an illustrative point.  Books for k...

Children are rarely familiar with the names the LEGO compa...  ...his own terms for each piece. So he gathered more children , four in all, to find out what names they used, a...