Stories Tagged as
Children
How families, and not just retirees, depend on Social Security
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Feb 10, 2025
More and more children are living with older adults drawing Social Security.
Streets used to be full of kids playing. Can those spaces be reclaimed?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sarah Leeson
Sep 17, 2024
As neighborhoods experiment with play streets, grownups can reconsider modern parenting, Stephanie Murray wrote in The Atlantic.
Where the Trump and Harris campaigns agree on care proposals
Sep 5, 2024
We'll do the the numbers on the long-term impacts of safety net programs.
Roblox grapples with how to keep kids safe from predators
by
David Brancaccio
and Erika Soderstrom
Jul 31, 2024
Roblox has some 78 million daily users, many of them pre-teens. Some users, however, are predators.
Kids' upward mobility linked to how many adults around them work
Jul 26, 2024
A new study from Harvard University and the Census Bureau suggests it's not all about your individual effort or household situation.
Report shows why some kids are struggling at school
Jun 11, 2024
The economic life of a child at home has a direct relationship to how things go at school, per the Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Some districts are trying year-round school to alleviate learning loss
Jun 15, 2023
But having some students on a different schedule comes with challenges both societal and economic.
For public good, not for profit.
After years of working from home, how has Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day evolved?
Apr 29, 2022
It started in the early '90s as a way to expose girls to their parents' professions. Boys are included now, too, and some say, it needs to broaden its approach even further.
Crypto for kids?
by
Reema Khrais
and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 14, 2022
A conversation with Rebecca Jennings of Vox on the growing new industry that teaches children about cryptocurrency, NFTs and Web3.
Families, businesses optimistic with vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds near
Sep 20, 2021
Parents dream of vacation, restaurants, ballet lessons — and mom finally being able to work.