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Losing a pet is the first time many children encounter death. The experience can become an opportunity for profound emotional learning and influence how young people understand and process grief when ...

During an Oct. 9, 2025, Cabinet meeting, Kennedy said, "There's two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism and it's highly likely because they're given ...

We have all noticed how some political leaders have become so averse to criticism that even comedians are afraid to open their mouths lest they are taken to task. There is a general murmur about ...

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that teaching kids to distinguish between real and videos generated using artificial intelligence is essential. This remark comes as technology increasingly blurs the ...

Last week, 70 academics and practitioners from all over the world came together at the Teresianum, the Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spirituality in Rome, to form a new ...

A leading Oxfordshire private school is to accept girls from 2026. Bruern Abbey has taught only boys over its 35 years of existence but from next year that is set to change. The independent school has ...

It started with an unsubstantiated warning that taking Tylenol during pregnancy could raise a child’s risk of autism. But the message from President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

Seven-year-old Mar’Dasia Forte, a child with autism, drowned in a West Chester retention pond less than a year after a similar death. Her mother and local advocates are urging state and local ...

From ADHD to anxiety and everything in between, self-diagnosis is booming on social media. But as personality quirks become ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Children's Museum of Illinois has just a few spots remaining for its new program, "Teach the Tutor." The program will help junior high and high school students learn how to ...