Raising awareness of the dangers posed by climate change, the United Nations environment agency has recognized three children for their artistic depictions of the phenomenon.

Children are able to solve approximate addition or subtraction problems involving large numbers even before they have been taught arithmetic, according to a study conducted at Harvard University, by researchers from the University of Nottingham and Harvard.

Researchers at a Brisbane hospital say they have discovered a new virus which causes severe respiratory infection in children.

Rosie's For All Kids Foundation, founded by Rosie O'Donnell in 1997, announced today, the first day of National Foster Care Month, the opening of a Washington, D.C. office. The Foundation will be taking an aggressive role in advocating on behalf of children from low-income families as well as advocating for changes in the foster care system to help encourage the adoption of older children.

Diabetic children who spent the most time glued to the TV had a tougher time controlling their blood sugar, according to a Norwegian study that illustrates yet another downside of too much television.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today called for $42 million to help Iraqi children, who the agency said have reached a critical point due to violence and displacement.

A 19 years old father from Arkansas literally microwaved baby daughter who is only two months old.

The results of numeracy and literacy tests for seven-year-old children can be predicted by measuring the length of their fingers, shows new research.

A conference in Darwin has heard that play therapy should be used more widely to help children deal with emotional problems such as bullying. The type of therapy enables young children to act out problems they cannot put into words.

American actress Drew Barrymore was named a World Food Program ambassador against hunger, the United Nations agency announced Wednesday. Barrymore just returned from a trip to Kenya, where she toured WFP-supported school meal projects, the agency said in a statement.

It is no secret that video games and television programs often depict graphic violence. But now, three new studies show violence causes children, teenagers and young adults to behave more aggressively than those who watch non-violent media. In addition, there is also a debate swirling in Washington, D.C.on how to shield children from violent TV shows.

The owner of a furniture company in China has been arrested for allegedly using benzene-laden paint which resulted in the hospitalisation of over 400 school students in northeast China's Liaoning Province.