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Health

Infectious diseases spike when kids return to school−here’s what you can do about it

By Libby Richards/The Conversation

An elderly person with short gray hair, wearing a pink shirt and jeans, with their hands on the shoulders of a kid they're teaching how to ride a bike. The child is wearing a red helmet and using a balance bike on a park path.
DIY

Pro tips for teaching a kid how to ride a bike

By Jean Levasseur

Teddy bear sitting in a corner and hands peeking from the corner with a phone taking pictures of the teddy bear.
DIY

The Opt Out: Read this before sharing another photo of a kid online

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Kids dressed in bright raingear during a forest school class in Sweden
Environment

Young kids learn the realities of climate change in forest schools

By Zayna Syed

Chinese and English nametags hung up in an elementary school classroom
Science

Complex languages might shape bilingual brains differently

By Jamie Dickman

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Gear

The Amazon Fire 7 kids tablet can help keep kids occupied—and it’s on sale

By Amanda Reed

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Health

Gender-affirming hormones can improve teens’ mental health and life satisfaction

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

various medications on a small end table in the background there is a child sick on a couch
Health

Why adult cold medicine is not good for children

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A young girl feeding a brown-and-white goat over a wire fence on a farm.
DIY

7 ways to support a kid who wants to care for animals

By Noah Lederman

A child wears a mask and sanitizes hands to avoid getting sick.
Health

The back-to-school guide for fighting common viruses

By Jeanette Beebe

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DIY

The Opt Out: School devices are sharing your family’s data, but you can stop them

By Karina Montoya

The best star projectors
Gear

The best star projectors

By Brandon Russell

Mother in yellow shirt and blue head wrap with child strapped to back at a COVID vaccine clinic in South Africa
Health

As COVID vaccines reach kids worldwide, a gap in Africa leaves everyone exposed

By Abdullahi Tsanni

A small child standing at a large glass window in an airport, looking out at the planes on the tarmac.
DIY

A parent-tested plan for flying with a toddler

By Mary Kearl

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Gear

The best kids water bottles of 2024

By Brandon Russell

Person with long brown hair sleeping on gray pillows after taking a melatonin supplement
Health

Yes, you can overdose on melatonin. Here’s how to use the sleep supplements safely.

By Kate Baggaley

Bearded dad holding a newborn baby in a blue onesie and reading a picture book
DIY

The best way to choose a parenting book

By Denise Bodman and Bethany Bustamante Van Vleet

Juul e-cigarette vaping pen next to box and a gavel to symbolize FDA ban decision
Health

Why Juul vaping products might start disappearing from US stores

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Three kids in COVID masks with bookbags right before summer vacation and COVID vaccines are available for their age group
Health

COVID vaccines for children under 5 are near. Here’s how to prepare.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

child jumping in pool with swimming goggles on
DIY

5 things you can do to reduce your child’s drowning risk

By Alexandra Frost