New CDC data show teen sadness easing, yet anxiety-driven school avoidance still catches families off guard once the school year settles in. Here is what clinicians recommend parents do, and avoid, when a child starts refusing.

Surveys show most teens have used AI chatbots and a third have turned to one for a serious conversation. New laws and parental controls help, but psychologists say the conversation at home matters most.

Open meetings laws guarantee you a seat, not a microphone, and the difference matters. A practical guide to the school board, budget hearing and library calendar, what public comment actually does, and the Title I meeting federal law already owes your family.

Federal special education administration moved to another agency in June, and enforcement capacity has thinned. The parent-facing rules did not change. Here is exactly what a district owes you, in writing, and on what clock.

The Treasury deposit is not automatic and nobody sends a reminder. What the accounts are, how the money comes out, and what families should check this month.

About 2.5 million American children are being raised by grandparents, aunts, uncles and family friends. Most of those households sit outside the child welfare system entirely, and outside the support attached to it.

Eight days of testimony pried open Meta's own research, then the company paid to stop it. Here is what lands on your kid's phone, and what does not.

Sixty percent of parents were already carrying school debt before this August began. The bigger cost is the one no supply list mentions.

Washington just proposed handing preschool class size, staffing and health screening rules back to the states. Parents have until October 6 to say something about it.

Nearly 16 million families struggled in 2024, and for millions the tipping point was child care. Here is what the new data means for your budget.