Samantha Stewart and her family pile their hands together for a family picture. She and her husband have fostered seven children, including a daughter with autism. Samantha Stewart always wanted a big ...

More than 30 counties in Ohio don't have enough dentists to meet community needs. The MORE Care Ohio pilot program trained pediatricians to offer preventive dental care and referrals. Ohio kids on ...

Ohio’s contested ban on giving transgender treatments to kids and trans athletes in youth sports can take effect after a judge ruled after striking down a challenge by the American Civil Liberties ...

Every year, passionate central Ohio woodworkers spend months building thousands of handcrafted toys for central Ohio children ...

Ohio’s kids are facing challenges many adults cannot fathom in an age of social media and other online threats; incidents of bullying — not just in person, but via text; families struggling with ...

Emily Nagy and her son Josiah try out the slide at Bryan's new inclusive playground. So far, the summer afternoons at Lincoln Park in Bryan have been packed. Kids zigzag their way through crowds, ...

Beginning Jan. 15, Ohio’s new law, the Social Media Parental Notification Act, will go into effect, making it harder for kids under 16 to access social media in the state. Big companies, including ...

Guest columnist Heather Smith is Policy Matters Ohio’s work and wage researcher. Some of Ohio’s leaders want to make it easier to exploit teenagers by rolling back child labor laws. Senate Bill 50 ...

Ohio lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to prohibit doctors from facilitating sex changes for children on Wednesday, Jan. 24, in a successful override of Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of the legislation. The ...

The Ohio Senate voted Wednesday to override Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of legislation that restricts medical care for transgender minors and blocks transgender girls from female sports. The bill ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The hum of a kindergarten classroom has its own kind of magic. Tiny voices sound out new letters. Crayons roll across tables. The future feels wide open. When I visit my daughter’s ...