When Gamers Become Parents, Finding Balance Is Next Level (Published 2020)

Video games appeal to all ages, but when do they become a distraction for parents?

Dasani Showed Us What It’s Like to Grow Up Homeless. She’s Still Struggling.

“Invisible Child,” by the New York Times reporter Andrea Elliott, expands on her much-admired 2013 series, following the lives of a New York City child and her family, as they strive to stay together and make ends meet.

Opinion | On Very Serious People, Climate and Children

Why don’t those who used to obsess over debt seem to care about the future?

In ‘Alma’s Way,’ a Young Latina Thinks for Herself, Like Her Creator

Set in the Bronx, the new PBS Kids’ show from Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on “Sesame Street,” promotes diversity and critical thinking.

They Want to Hand Your Kid a Debit Card. What Do You Do?

Start-ups large and small are offering child-friendly debit cards that allow parents to set up guardrails. Picking one depends on your priorities.

Diapers Are the Latest Pandemic Shortage

A police bulletin seeking information on a man recorded shoplifting packages of diapers drew fresh attention to a continuing crisis of access to the product, according to the National Diaper Bank Network.

California to Mandate Covid-19 Vaccines for All Students as Soon as Next Fall

Children from kindergarten to 12th grade in both public and private schools will be required to be inoculated against the coronavirus once the F.D.A. gives full approval.

F.D.A. Panel to Weigh Pfizer Shots for Children, Boosters for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Recipients

The timing of the meetings later this month suggests that the agency plans to move quickly to decide both issues.

Facebook Struggles to Quell Uproar Over Instagram’s Effect on Teens

The social network has been all hands on deck as it grapples with revelations that it knew the harmful effects its Instagram photo-sharing app was having on teenagers.

Opinion | There’s Nothing to Like in Facebook’s Plans to Hook Our Kids

Getting children hooked on social media is a bad idea.

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.

Are Sugar Substitutes Good for Kids? (Published 2019)

Information is limited about the long-term safety of consuming nonnutritive sweeteners.

Pfizer and BioNTech Submit Data Backing Vaccine for Children 5 to 11

The companies said that their vaccine was safe and effective in that age group, and that they would submit a formal request in the coming weeks to U.S. regulators to allow a pediatric dose.

Name That Rash (Published 2020)

An illustrated guide to your child’s mysterious skin afflictions.

For Transgender Youth, Stigma Is Just One Barrier to Health Care

Discrimination, delays and systemic hurdles prevent young trans people from reaching the care they need, a new study finds.

Opinion | Instagram Is Adult Entertainment

We can’t make social media safe for teenagers. So we should keep them off.

Opinion | In a Galaxy Far, Far Away, He Was Almost Anakin Skywalker

Devon Michael was a rising child actor in the 1990s. Until he auditioned for “Star Wars.”

When Dasani Left Home

What happens when trying to escape poverty means separating from your family at 13?

For Transgender Youth, Stigma Is Just One Barrier to Health Care

Discrimination, delays and systemic hurdles prevent young trans people from reaching the care they need, a new study finds.

‘I Need an Army’: Across America, Schools Cram for Their Covid Tests

Some districts have established robust virus testing programs, but many others are struggling.