1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (289+ words) On evenings and weekends when pediatric clinics in Salem are typically closed, Melissa Carter found it difficult to find health care for her sick children. It's why Carter, who's a nurse practitioner with over a decade of experience, started a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (674+ words) Scientists are updating their view of how drugs like Adderall and Ritalin help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stay on task. The latest evidence is a study of thousands of brain scans of adolescents that confirms earlier hints that…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (355+ words) In the wake of the deadly mass shooting at Brown University in Providence on Saturday, parents and caregivers once again have to ask: How should we talk to kids about difficult topics? Gisele Esquivel, an education specialist with Ocean State…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (158+ words) This is a paid post. This content was paid for and produced by our sponsor. NHPR's news and editorial staff had no role in this post's creation. Learn more about NHPR's mission here. This year's event came as Holiday Cards…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (922+ words) Standing in the kitchen of her South Portland home, eight-year old Piper Morse picks up a phone to call a friend. "Hi Carly. Whatcha doin?" Piper asks. The two have a lot to discuss: soccer game scores, an upcoming bake…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (795+ words) Jean Twenge knows this challenge well; she's a psychology professor at San Diego State University, and she's spent a lot of time researching the effects of technology on kids. She's also a parent raising teenagers. Here & Now's Scott Tong talks…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (808+ words) A panel of vaccine advisers to the federal government " now embroiled in controversy under the leadership of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr " kicked off a two-day meeting with a debate over proposed changes to the childhood vaccine schedule. In years…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1149+ words) This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. Over the first two weeks of the school year, Concord High School English teacher Heather Ouellette-Cygan spotted just four…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1111+ words) U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Education Secretary Linda McMahon want schools to do away with mental health screenings and therapy. Instead, they argue in a Washington Post opinion piece that schools "must return to the natural sources of…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago  (501+ words) Frances Daniels, a Baltimore mother of three, read the Trump administration's 20-page report called "Make Our Children Healthy Again," and noticed some notable words were missing from it: "Smoking" and "nicotine." The word "tobacco" is mentioned once in the document,…...