A mentee of Free Press chief photographer Tony Spina discusses why he applied to have a street named after Spina, among 23 candidates for the honor.

A video of a 4-year-old boy reacting to a home without Halloween decorations sparked a chain reaction in one Florida ...

Author R.L. Stine has been making children laugh and cry with his spooky and often funny children’s books for the last 33 ...

The University of Michigan’s National Poll on Children’s Health found one in 10 young children play outside once a week or ...

Childhood passes faster than we realize, one moment it’s bedtime stories and playgrounds, the next it’s graduation and ...

An Anchorage nonprofit serving nearly 200 families could stay open until mid-December without federal funding.

Very concerning survey results have revealed that most American kids do not play outside anymore. Here's what we know about ...

Between organized sports, activities and hovering parents, kids don't have the time — or skills — to initiate free play. That's a problem.

More parents are turning to the affordability and ease of cruising, which can feel like you're vacationing on a floating ...

A team of Arizona Republic reporters fanned out across metro Phoenix to talk to the unhoused. Here are their stories.

Studies show that adults who make time for playful outdoor activity experience lower stress, stronger relationships, and ...

In what appears to have been a warrantless operation, the federal government will not say how many people were detained, who remains in custody and what happened to the children.