Researchers found that children with inconsistent sleep schedules have higher body mass index (BMI) percentiles. Her research also found that children from households with greater poverty had more overall inconsistent sleep onset times. But for families living in poverty, consistent bedtime scheduling may not be easily done, especially if a caregiver is the only parent, juggling multiple jobs, parenting multiple children or dealing with a tenuous housing situation.

Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of the traditional diet -- but not in total calories burned daily -- is reliably related to indigenous Amazonian children's body fat, according to a new study that offers insight into the global obesity epidemic.

The Biden administration has notified facilities caring for migrant children that they can open back up to pre-Covid-19 levels, acknowledging "extraordinary circumstances" due to a rising number of minors crossing the US-Mexico border, according to a memo obtained by CNN.

Two thirds of children use more than one screen at the same time after school, in the evenings and at weekends as part of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, according to new research.

The decision to stop publishing six of the author's children books comes from the right place, but ultimately might do more damage than good

It's fun to quote Rudyard Kipling. He was a fine poet, though not a great one, and also a wonderful storyteller. His works include gems such as The Jungle Book, beloved by children and their parents for generations, wise and humane poems such as If, and entertaining novels such as Kim.

It wasn't the children on the trip who ended McNeil's career. It was his colleagues, his bosses, when they acted like children.

It depends on the child's age, but some teenagers could be rolling up their sleeves before too long.

Jon Gosselin's home is always welcome to all of his children. While he tries to keep his distance from ex-wife Kate Gosselin, the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star is opening up about his...