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Journalist and author Jennifer Wallace conducted a first-of-its-kind national parenting survey with help from a Harvard researcher. Here’s what they discovered about critical parenting, and how it can be toxic to kids’ confidence and self-esteem.

The U.N. children’s agency says record numbers of children are making perilous journeys through Latin America and the Caribbean, often alone, and from countries as far away as Asia and Africa.

The Bravo host got candid about being a single gay dad.

Texas officials on Friday asked for the public’s help in finding a person of interest in the sexual assault and killing of an 11-year-old girl in Pasadena, Texas.

Marissa Phiffer, who is mom of 3-year-old twins, Aiden and Aleiya, shares a story about a family nap that took a scary turn.

Young children face the highest risk of fatality from heat-related incidents in the car. Here are three tips to ensure the safety of your child and prevent any potential incidents.

Dozens of children die every year after being left in a hot car – but there are easy ways to make sure your family is protected. Here’s how to protect your child from vehicular heatstroke.

When Tiffany Turner-Moon’s 13-year-old daughter asks to take a mental health day off from school, she lets her.

A California mother is vowing to never take her kids to another wedding after her toddler used the bride’s dress as a napkin.

A Miami-Dade police officer spoke about his experience saving a 10-year-old boy with autism from drowning, NBC6’s Cherney Amhara reports.

The children’s product-maker Cupkin issued a recall of about 346,000 cups over unsafe levels of lead.

The number of young people consuming toxic levels of marijuana edibles or smoking pot to the point that they require emergency help shot up dramatically during the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

A family therapist explained the ‘fight or flight’ instinct that kicked in when a 6-year-old girl fought off a kidnapper in Miami.

She was heartbroken when only two children showed up

NBC6’s Lorena Inclan reports on a mother who has had two disturbing allegations within the past month.

A federal investigation into Guatemalan children working in the U.S. in violation of child labor laws has expanded to include meatpacking and produce firms that have allegedly hired underage migrants in at least 11 states, two senior U.S. officials told NBC News. Investigators from the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Justice Department, as well as White House officials, are participating in the expanded...

A Pittsburgh mother created an honest email signature that is striking a chord with working parents around the country.

Parents leaving their young children in hot cars continues to be an issue in the United States.

A kindergarten graduation photo of Taylor Sims goes viral for her poised body language and determined facial expression.

Pediatric emergency medicine doctors share some risky summer activities that children should avoid ahead of the summer months.