Current challenge: In our screen-focused world, children have fewer opportunities for open-ended, self- directed play—an ...

Their mission: To help boys and girls unlock their best selves through YMCA camp programs. Hayo-Went-Ha includes a pair of northwest Michigan summer camps, serving 900 campers annually between its ...

New York has a new $1,800 birth allowance that officials say will help boost the health of new moms and babies. The state ...

Kayleigh Summers' labor turned into a nightmare when she coded just before welcoming her son into the world. She tells PEOPLE ...

Postpartum depression descended on Kristina Leos like a heavy fog that separated her from everyone she loved. She could see ...

Tina Miller, adoption coordinator for Lutheran Family and Children's Services (LFCS), said most adoptions today are open ...

Detroit were born before 37 weeks of gestation – which means they're considered premature. That compares to about 10.7% ...

By Kristen Hwang, At 3:30 on a July morning, Emily Meyers’ water broke. Her son was coming five weeks early. Meyers and her ...

Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen ...

Contractions have started. They're getting more intense. There's no time, the baby is coming. You better hope there's a ...

After I gave birth, I weighed 80 pounds more than I did before I got pregnant. I quickly became fixated on exercising and the food I was eating. Looking back, I know my weight-loss goals distracted me ...

When my first child was 18 months old, I decided it was time for a redo. It’s not that I wanted to replace my son, but I did want a different kind of birth experience. His delivery had ended with ...