A woman arrested Sunday after her house caught fire while her children were home alone has had a hold placed on her by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

North Carolina doesn’t have a specific law that sets a minimum age for leaving children home alone, Krista Stallard, an ...

Your child's summer boredom isn't a parenting failure. It's their brain sending important signals. And rushing to fix it might be doing more harm than good.

Dr. Gigi Chawla, of Children's Minnesota, shares some advice for parents trying to navigate the tricky topic of whether your kid is alright to stay home alone.

A Pontiac man has been charged with child abuse over injuries suffered by two young boys, the Oakland County (Michigan) ...

When would I have had a chance to be alone with it? I had always lived with ... just waiting to jump on my vulnerability, like a kid jumping in a puddle. That summer, before the boy from Connecticut ...