The cover of TIME magazine’s May 2013 digital edition, covering the Boston Marathon bombing, has drawn criticism and analysis from other media sources such as the Christian Science Monitor and the Huffington Post on Thursday. The cover shows a toddler boy, frightened, crying and bloody with the headline, “Tragedy in Boston.” The cover photo is for TIME’s May ... read more »

On July 6, 2012, police found 19 children left alone in a home close to Bowling Green. On Tuesday, Jackie Farah was arrested and charged with fourteen counts of criminal abuse and five counts of wanton endangerment by the Warren County Sherriff’s office. According to the police, Farah left 19 children alone in a home ... read more »

The ‘perfect storm’ which struck the eastern seaboard of the United States on Monday, known as “Hurricane Sandy” has sadly resulted in many fatalities, some of them being children. According to Fox News, the tallies of deaths so far are spread among five state: New York, five. New Jersey, three. Pennsylvania, three. Connecticut, two and ... read more »

According to the journal Pediatrics, the answer may be yes. A new study by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md., found that 4-year-olds whose mother suffered mild or moderate depression during their first year of life were 40% more likely to be at or below the 10th percentile for height than children ... read more »

The ratings website Bundle.com has put together a list of which cities spend the most and the least on their children. Bundle looked at how much parents spent on toys, clothing and non-essential items for their children and determined the average amount spent over the past three years. They then compared that to the national average. It did ... read more »

A new study conducted by the American Institute of CPAs shows that while 61% of parents say they give their children an allowance (the average is $15 a week, or $780 a year), only 1% say their children save it. Children are not being set up with a realistic relationship to money. Although 89% of those aprents ... read more »

A study just published in Archives of Disease in Childhood found that warning signs of heart disease — typically considered a disease of middle age — have been found in obese children as young as 2-years-old. Researchers from VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam studied  307 severely obese children between the ages of 2 and 18. Two-thirds of ... read more »

Disney announced today that it will eliminate junk food advertising from its television, radio, and online programming geared toward children under the age of 12. Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger, along with First lady Michelle Obama, made the announcement at a press conference held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Disney will also introduce the “Mickey ... read more »

Facebook is exploring ways to allow children under 13 to use the site. The policy against children under 13 is partly due to the fact that children that age need parental supervision before any information — particularly the kind that Facebook deals in — can be collected, and partly due to privy and safety concerns. ... read more »

A new study by Indiana University shows that watching television decreases the self esteem of white girls and black children of both genders, but increases the self esteem of white boys. And the more TV they watch, the stronger the effect. ”Children who are not doing other things besides watching television cannot help but compare themselves ... read more »

British researchers at London’s Portman clinic, a National Health Survey (NHS) outpatient psychotherapy clinic, have found usage of pornography in 26.5 percent of its young patients.  The Sun has reported that it has risen dramatically from less than one percent in the late 90s. The researchers are claiming there is a link between mental illness and pornography ... read more »

Connecticut’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow grandparents to petition the court for scheduled visitation of their grandchildren in the event that the parents of their grandchildren divorced. Under the proposed bill, the grandparents would be required to show that they had a close relationship with their minor grandchildren ... read more »

A 6-year-old girl who was vacationing with her family in Santa Cruz County, California, has died after being struck unconscious by a water-soaked log that spanned 15 feet by one foot while swimming at Live Oak beach. The young girl was said to be playing and swimming at the beach, when a heavy log floated ... read more »

A video that shows a brawl between students at a community college campus near St. Louis — including a woman holding a toddler — has gone viral. The brawl started Monday at the St. Louis Community College at Meramec when one woman holding her young daughter got into an argument with another woman, according to ... read more »

Hippotherapy, the use of horseback riding for therapeutic purposes, was first mentioned in writings by Hippocrates, the notorious father of modern medicine. Despite the long history of use, the medical practice wasn’t acknowledged until the 1960’s when doctors began using the movement of the horse to stimulate muscle development in patients. Based on the fact ... read more »