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Antwan Burns-Jones, 31 (from left), William Moore, 35, and David Lee, 23, add a basketball to the memorial for Tyshawn Lee, 9, who was fatally shot in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.

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Amid Violence, Chicago Parents Try To Inoculate Their Sons Against Fear

7:16pm December 10, 2015

by Audie Cornish

It's been a tumultuous few months for parts of Chicago. Parents are doing their best to help their children understand what's happening and how their families and communities can move forward.

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WATCH: A French Father Tries To Explain The Attacks To His Young Son

12:51pm November 17, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Sometimes as a parent, it's hard to explain a cruel world to our children. And sometimes, we see examples of a parent doing it exceptionally well despite some very tough circumstances.

A girl cries while receiving a deworming pill in Managua, part of a campaign by the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health.

The Debate Is On: To Deworm Or Not To Deworm?

5:54am November 15, 2015

by Susan Brink

The common practice, endorsed by WHO: give deworming medications to all kids at risk of intestinal worms. A new report questions if there's any real benefit.

A Fine Dessert, Dinner Scene, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

The Kids' Book 'A Fine Dessert' Has Award Buzz — And Charges Of Whitewashing Slavery

2:19pm October 30, 2015

by Leah Donnella

In a long discussion on Twitter, one critic called the illustrations "candy coated images of slavery." The illustrator says these images have been taken out of context.

Julia is described by the Sesame Workshop as "a preschool girl with autism who does things a little differently when playing with her friends."

'Sesame Street' Introduces A New Muppet Character With Autism

5:03pm October 22, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

Little Julia stars in the digital storybook called "We're Amazing, 1,2,3."

A Child Who Feels 'Left Behind' Can Still Get Ahead

3:03pm October 20, 2015

by Linda Poon

But the kid has to have a plan. That's the lesson from a study of rural Chinese children whose parents have left the village to work in faraway cities.

A doctor examines the thyroid of a child at a temporary housing complex in Nihonmatsu, about 31 miles from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, in 2013.

Fukushima Study Links Children's Cancer To Nuclear Accident

8:06pm October 08, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

The study says rates of thyroid cancer are high for children who lived near the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant in Japan. But other scientists are skeptical of the findings.

At a camp for overweight children in Beijing, students stretch after taking a swim.

Some Chinese Grandparents Are Making Their Grandkids Fat

6:36pm July 29, 2015

by Linda Poon

A new study shows that children in China who are mainly cared for by grandparents instead of Mom and Dad are twice as likely to be overweight — contributing to the country's obesity epidemic.

The search for quality day care is getting increasingly difficult as small, independent operations are closing.

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In Rural New York, Child Care Is Getting Harder To Come By

8:35am July 15, 2015

by Solvejg Wastvedt

Family-run day cares are closing — both in the region and across the U.S. — and in Tioga County, there aren't enough new providers to replace them.

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Malala Yousafzai celebrated her birthday and the opening of a new school with "brave and inspiring girls of Syria" in Lebanon on Sunday.

Malala Turns 18, And Opens A School For Syrian Refugee Girls

4:55pm July 12, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

The Pakistani education activist, who was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban gunman, marked her birthday with refugees in Lebanon. She warned that the world is "failing ... Syria's children."