Legislative Finance Committee Fiscal Analyst Allegra Hernandez (middle) explains details of the latest Early Childhood Accountability Report to the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee in ...

State officials say putting early childhood programs under one agency will make it easier for families to navigate a complex ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Childhood experiences shape who you are in ways you might not even realize. The way you handle your relationships as an adult, for ...

The rising numbers of overweight children have sparked intense discussions among parents, healthcare providers, and policymakers across America. Despite numerous public health campaigns and school ...

Self-reported feelings of frequent loneliness or lack of close friends as a child or teenager were associated with greater likelihood of cognitive decline and incident dementia in middle-to-late ...

The average American’s diet is nutritionally disastrous and hurting children’s health, according to the Make America Healthy Again Commission’s latest action plan released Tuesday by the White House.

New research data indicate that filtering and blocking software do not consistently work to protect children from what they access online. But content is not the only problem. It is easy to shift from ...

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has raised concerns over difficulties parents face getting NHS care for their children, warning that "stubborn" barriers to access have ...

Are you still bothered by your childhood? Does your therapist keep asking about your early life experiences? You can probably hear your mother saying, “It’s been 40 years. Why can’t you just get over ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Missouri child care providers were left out of luck after the state promised changes to subsidy payments that have not come. As Missouri heads into a new legislative ...