Children born into poverty are far more likely to remain poor in adulthood in the United States than in other wealthy countries. Why? The stickiness of poverty in the U.S. challenges the self-image of ...

Behind school brochures and big promises—here's what a Delhi teacher saw that shocked her to the core. She was made to feel ...

Children with poor mental health are two-thirds more likely to have a reduced ability to work as adults, according to a new study. The UK think tank Institute For Public Policy Research (IPPR) said ...

Pregnant women, poor children and the disabled are some of society’s most vulnerable populations. It’s a shame that Democrats in Washington are using these populations as bargaining chips to undo ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids explored poverty in the United States as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Born Poor tells the stories of the same ...

The study of 153,000 Australian children published today in Pediatrics reports that overall, 9.6 per cent of children were developmentally high risk. In particular, infants born following planned ...

Foods such as biscuits, chips, instant noodles, and snacks, along with sugary fluids, trigger extreme highs and lows of energy levels, and this cycle tends to make kids irritable and moody (Image: ...