Soup kitchens and food pantries across the city report a drastic rise in demand as 1 million Mass. residents brace for SNAP ...

According to Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, children under two can understand language and even communicate before they ...

In most states, schools are required to screen students as they enter kindergarten—a process that is meant to identify ...

Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help ...

Spending too much time on social media might be hurting how children think, remember, and learn. A new study published in the ...

Nearly 150 patrons attended the Center Stage Gala, titled The Mosaic of Us, to raise funds for Chandler Center for the Arts.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, on Oct. 13, found that 9- to 13-year-olds ...

Researchers found that even limited social media use can hurt children’s ability to focus and retain information—echoing what ...

Social media could be costing your tween some of their brain power, a new study says. Children between 9 and 13 years of age who spent more time on social media performed worse on tests of reading, ...

Children between 9 and 13 years of age who spent more time on social media performed worse on tests of reading, memory and ...

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

A video has gone viral on social media showing an unusual piece of equipment at a new Ipswich playground. Some viewers expressed concern about the equipment, describing it as a "deathtrap". Risky play ...