Many parents feel ill-equipped to aid their child's mental health, but studies show that active engagement fosters better ...

As a parent of tweens (10 and almost 12), I’m forever reminded of how little I know and how "cringe" I can be. And to be honest, I’m fine with my lack of knowledge of skibidi and cybertrucks and the ...

Current school-based mental health support for children from multilingual backgrounds can be "lost in translation" because it is reliant on good proficiency in English, a new study warns. The work ...

Former Congressman Carlos Curbelo and Coalition for Student Wellbeing Executive Director Carson Domey write that a growing mental wellbeing crisis among American youth requires lasting solutions.

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For years, children’s mental health sat in the shadows. Too stigmatized to name. Too easy for systems to deprioritize. Too ...

American educators are among the most dedicated I've seen. So why does supporting children's mental health feel so hard here?

A new study on trans and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents has found that those who participate in sports have better mental health than those who don’t. The study, conducted by Lurie Children’s ...

In 2022, Illinois passed a law allowing kids to take five excused days from school. As a mom of four kids, two of which are teenagers, I'm grateful that this is an option for them. I want my kids to ...

Experts explain what families should do based on the study’s findings.