According to the Pew Research Center, the average American family downsized from 3.7 children in 1960 to 1.9 currently, and about 20 percent of households with children are one-child families.

Talking openly about ADHD, and seeking treatment if necessary, can also give the child the tools he needs to become his own self-advocate as he grows up. Why is my child with ADHD so defiant?

If your child or children recently started working (or otherwise earning income), they may need to file a tax return this year — and they might need your help to do so. If your child is required ...

Just because you say you don’t have a favorite child, doesn’t mean everyone around you can’t tell whom you like best. Take the episode of “The Crown” in which Prince Philip, Duke of ...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell has been arrested on charges of possessing more than 100 videos of child pornography, authorities said.

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Husband of daycare owner pleads guilty in 1-year-old's fentanyl death Two of the four people charged in the pill mill that masqueraded as a Bronx daycare, resulting in the death of a one-year-old ...

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