Halloween is Saturday, October 31st, 2009, but what time does trick or treating actually start? Kids will be running around the neighborhood in Halloween costumes, looking for Hershey Bars and Twizzlers. Here are some important safety tips to make sure Halloween is safe and fun.

Most parents aren't worried when their children walk to and from school, or the bus stop, especially if they're part of a group of children. But the disappearance and death of Somer Thompson has led to people asking themselves and each other what we can do to ensure the safety of our children in their own neighborhoods.

A 6 year old little girl may soon be evicted from the only home she has ever known, from the retirement house of her grandparents. She may be evicted because she is not old enough. The bylaws of the retirement community clearly say that the minimum age to live the the community is 55 years.

Shortly after 6pm EDT, Falcon Heene was found alive hiding in a box in his family's home. Falcon captured the world's attention today when it was assumed he was inside family’s experimental balloon as it miraculously lifted into the air. Rumors spread throughout the news and on the Internet today that the boy may have fallen out of the balloon because the door to the hot air contraption wasn't locked.

The hot air balloon that was flying out of control through the skies of Colorado reportedly with a 6-year-old boy trapped inside, in fact, had no child inside at all. The Colorado hot air balloon just landed like a feather in a field surrounded by emergency crews who, much to their surprise, did not find the 6-year-old boy inside the cabin of the hot air balloon. So where is the 6-year-old boy?

A hot air balloon is flying out of control through the skies of Colorado with a 6-year-old boy trapped alone inside. Efforts to try and save the 6-year-old boy are underway, as the Colorado hot air ballon continues to race through the sky.

Recent recalls or products that are used either by children or by parents for the children have raise a sufficient amount of concern whether the products and toys used in a child setting are safe enough. Now Mindy A. Bockstein, who is the chairperson and executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board says remove unsafe children's products from the stream of commerce.

A study in the Aug.1 issue of the journal SLEEP found that alcohol consumption during pregnancy and small body size at birth predict poorer sleep and higher risk of sleep disturbances in 8-year-old children born at term. Findings are clinically significant, as poor sleep and sleep disturbances in children are associated with obesity, depressive symptoms, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and poor neurobehavioral functioning.

A 7-year-old led police on a merry chase. Yes, you read that right, not only did a 7-year-old steal a car, he managed to stay ahead of police for quite a while.

A two-year-old boy in Uzbekistan's second-largest city of Samarkand, miraculously survived after falling from the seventh-floor of the apartment building where he lived, a health official said on Wednesday.

Court told parents hit boy, 3, with bamboo sticks to drive out demons. More details emerged today of the attempt by the parents of a three-year-old southwest Harris County boy to remove demons from his body.

Save the Children UK tells the popular pop singer Madonna to rethink her desire to adopt another child. The child safety charity says the international adoption is not a norm and promotes children being abducted from their homes or abandoned by their parents.