Single, low-income moms are not signing up for child support, and this is a very good thing. Less formal child support means more and improved co-parenting, higher rates of father involvement, better ...

One in five American children live in poverty, even as pundits tout employment highs. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like ...

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 ...

If their parents had extra cash, would it help poor children? The intuitive answer is yes; not only can any parent attest to the cost of raising children, researchers can also point to a variety of ...

The downstream effects of state and national policies on children over the last year keep emerging. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) funding has been cut by ...

Federal aid to feed poor children at school could be joining the long list of funding at risk if California officials don’t abide by Trump administration policies and edicts. California receives more ...

This week tax policy has gotten a star turn on the campaign trail. Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance floated the idea of more than doubling the amount of tax credits families can get ...