These varied, informative books for young readers provide introductions to the Earth’s environment, its history, and its inhabitants, while offering guidance on how to live sustainably for a better ...

Kids advocating for environmental protections should be acknowledged, UN says. A United Nations committee strengthened a treaty on Monday on children's rights in their fight against climate change, ...

Gender reveal parties. Boys don’t cry. That color is for girls. That bathroom is for boys. That sport is only for “real” girls. That’s not the right clothing section, toy, partner, door, major, job or ...

Introduction -- The changing patterns of disease in children -- The chemical environment -- Children's unique vulnerability to toxic chemicals in the environment -- The links between toxic chemicals ...

My family is evidence that it's difficult to wholeheartedly care about the environment until you have a real relationship with it. I mean, why care about something you don't fully understand or even ...

SM BEACH — Forty screaming fourth graders, imitating everything from a great white shark to an octopus, raced across the sand at Muscle Beach next to the Santa Monica Pier. Flinging themselves at the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When author Katherine Applegate was touring schools for her book Wishtree—a novel on ...

The effects of air pollution on kids "should have parents up in arms" to force changes in air pollution regulations, a reader said. Experts say children exposed to high air pollution levels can lose ...

With the rise of digital education, more families are turning to online academies as a flexible and convenient option. However, while this approach offers many benefits, it also comes with the ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A Bend nonprofit got a generous donation in a novel way - through a lemonade stand. For two girls, Noa and Lila, visiting their grandparents in Central Oregon turned out to have a ...

Recess has a lot of benefits for kids. Here's why experts warn against taking it away as a consequence for misbehavior. (Photo: Getty) My 7-year-old son headed inside from the bus, only to stop ...