Lynn Norment, a columnist for The Commercial Appeal, is a former editor for Ebony Magazine. Just the thought of a child being abused makes me ill and sad. This concern haunts me especially now, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Make America Healthy Again Commission, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has released its Make Our Children ...

“Conservative and very conservative parents are the most likely to adopt the parenting practices associated with adolescent mental health,” study author Jonathan Rothwell, who is also the principal ...

MINERAL RIDGE — When it comes to addressing child care expenses and other critical facets of everyday life for many, the government too often adopts “Herman Munster syndrome,” an expert in children ...

Over the last half-decade, New Mexico has built a reputation as a state that actually supports families with young kids. Lawmakers in Santa Fe authorized hundreds of millions in new child care ...

Imagine a politician stepping up to a podium and promising that voters will not pay more than 7 percent of their income for their kid to go to public school. This scene likely strikes you as absurd.

Americans overwhelmingly view the cost of child care as a significant issue, and most support initiatives to offer free or low-cost day care and to require employers to provide paid family leave for ...

The National Federation of Independent Business recently released its quadrennial report on the most pressing problems for small-business owners in the U.S. For the first time, it asked about the ...

MORRIS, Minn. – Jade Michaelson moved to this west-central Minnesota town a year ago when her husband bought an auto-repair shop in Morris. Immediately, she confronted two problems. One was employment ...