A consumer protection agency in Brazil has taken aim at the Happy Meal, fining McDonald's Corp on April 22 for targeting children with its advertising and toys.

More than 5,000 children will be given free breakfasts to stop them going hungry during the school day, Boris Johnson announced on Jan.8.

Pressures on London's childcare system mean that almost 25,000 extra nursery places are necessary to meet a headline pledge by Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, new research shows.

You've been teaching your child since birth.

If your child is overly timid or shy, be supportive but don't always step in and answer for them.

More than one in four children with Down syndrome in The Netherlands is overweight, a rate double that of Dutch youth without the developmental disability, according to a new study.

Education holds an important position in human society.

Six in 10 children in Britain thought their parents spend too much time away from the family, a survey suggests.

Your youth is definitely the phase of life where you aim for the skies.

Researchers found that of nearly 17,000 prescriptions made to kids at two urban clinics, 22 percent were never filled.