Court documents say Ashlee Hutt and Leroy McIver were found living with their three children in a home filled with rat droppings, and injecting them with heroin.
A new study explores the relationships that could possibly explain why first-born children are often associated with better life outcomes in terms of education and career.
A simple new questionnaire based on emoticon-style facial expressions could help teachers and others who work with children to engage them on their happiness levels in the classroom.
Study shows that kids who have suffered from bullying have declining academic performance, a growing dislike of school and poor confidence of their abilities.
Getting children to eat nourishing vegetables and nutrient providing food is getting tougher for parents in a world where junk food of all sorts, shapes, colors and flavors reigns.
The leader of the worldwide Catholic Church, Pope Francis, is condemning the act of criminal and abuse against children. He insists that pedophilia be severely punished to protect children. The remark was made amid the church's scandals on the similar matter.
Jennifer Garner's team has officially denied rumors about Garner's pregnancy and cancellation of divorce with husband, Ben Affleck. However, despite their separation made public, Garner and Affleck could be looking into living together with their children in London.
The families of nine victims killed at the Newtown school and one teacher who survived the attack are suing the parent company of the weapon used in the shooting, Remington Arms. On Thursday, the judge ruled the lawsuit will be allowed to move forward.
Sedgwick County commissioners are being warned not to ask participants in a federal nutrition program about their citizenship status or risk losing its ability to administer the program.
A federal judge has rejected the appeal for a new trial for a Pennsylvania priest who was convicted of sex tourism with boys during his missionary trips to Honduras.
European Committee of Social Rights suggests UK to ban children paper rounds. It says newspaper delivery rounds and holiday jobs are in breach of children's rights.
Talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres, revealed in her famous noontime talk show that she and wife, Portia De Rossi, have decided to extend their family with an addition of a new member: a new puppy named "Kid".
More than one in four U.S. children are exposed to weapon violence before their eighteenth birthday, either as victims or witnesses, a large study suggests.
Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate" military training and hardline indoctrination, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
A federal judge said Facebook Inc must face a nationwide class-action lawsuit seeking to force the social media company to provide refunds when children spend their parents' money on its website without permission.
Europe's leading human right's body, the Council of Europe, faulted France on Wednesday for failing to impose a clear ban on slapping and all other forms of corporal punishment of children.
Divisions among the veto-wielding powers of the U.N. Security Council are harming the world's children and sowing the seeds of future conflicts, the head of the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's voice trembled as she tried to comfort parents gathered near a makeshift morgue to identify the bodies of their children, among the hundreds drowned in a ferry disaster.
