How the coronavirus exposes a crisis of care work

The fraught decision to have children—or not—in an era of climate crisis

It will make the policies more politically palatable. And it will help compensate kids for the heated world they're inheriting.

Teenage activists like Greta Thunberg are uncomfortable reminders that the grown-ups have failed the next generation.

The Democrats want to increase public assistance for struggling parents, but child care should be free for all Americans.

As important as it is for Native families, the battle over the Indian Child Welfare Act is about much more than just the kids.

New York City's child welfare agency has a reputation for unjustly targeting low-income families of color. Can it change?

A system designed for abused and neglected kids now must handle thousands who have been forcibly separated from their parents.

The president is wielding parental love and fear for political gain.

How concerns about the social-media platform's targeting of younger users apply to everything it does

How lax homeschooling laws protect child abusers

The failure to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program reveals the confusing, precarious nature of the U.S. social safety net.

Her new memoir explores how having a child makes you a different kind of writer.

Cleary's books may feel outdated today, but their appeal lives on.