Michelle Duggar and husband Jim Bob Duggar now have 18 children. They welcomed baby Jordyn-Grace Makiya Duggar on Thursday, via C-section.

A new USDA report shows that nearly 700,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, up from 430,000 in 2006.

Challenging the idea that children live in a color or gender blind world, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals most elementary-school-age children are aware there has been no female, African-American, or Hispanic President of the United States.

A recent study showed a possible link between cell phone radiation and infertility in men. And in July, a cancer center director warned his staff about the potential dangers of cell phone use.

Children between the ages of seven and 12 appear to be naturally inclined to feel empathy for others in pain, according to researchers at the University of Chicago, who used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans to study responses in children.

Hundreds of Southern California Students, Teachers and Parents Celebrate what can be Accomplished by Infusing Media into Modern Classrooms

Young children tend to think that other kids with glasses look smarter than kids who don’t wear glasses, according to a new study.

Understanding the concept of a “living thing” is a late developmental achievement. Early research by Jean Piaget, showed that kids attribute “life status” to things that move on their own (e.g. clouds or bikes) and even 10-year-olds have difficulty understanding the scope of a living thing.

Fluoride-Induced Spots on Teeth Harm Kids’ Self-Esteem, says Dental Journal

Actress Angelina Jolie has highlighted the plight of the some four million people who have been displaced by the ongoing violence in Iraq, saying about 50 percent of them are children. Speaking at a Council on Foreign Relations forum in Washington, Jolie said that while Iraq has a history of a high quality, free education system, millions of Iraqi children have little or no access to education today.

According to a study in Respirology published by Wiley-Blackwell, the prevalence of asthma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children is similar to that of mainland Australian children – who have one of the highest asthma rates in the world.