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Protect your kids regardless of state law, experts say.

The Daily Beast examined the data for kids meals from dozens of national chain restaurants across the four categories available for each eatery: calories, saturated fat, sodium, and carbohydrates. Each meal was ranked within each nutritional category, then the ranking each meal received for each nutritional category was totaled to determine the final ranking.

The Irving, Tex. mother who strangled her two children earlier this week told a 911 operator she did so because they were both autistic and she wanted normal children, myFOXdfw.com reported Wednesday.

A simple, five-minute conversation with parents during their baby's regularly scheduled 9-month checkup can help their child stop bottle-feeding, according to new research released Monday.

A 9-year-old boy fatally shot his 2-year-old brother while playing with a gun in Los Angeles, authorities said late Saturday.

To prevent injuries in babies, car seats should stay in the car.

Temperatures are rising and so are reports of infants and toddlers dying from being trapped inside sizzling automobiles.

The rate of severe poisonings from battery ingestion among U.S. children has risen in the past 25 years, along with the growing use of lithium "button" batteries in a wide range of consumer products, new research shows.

A loving mother who kisses her child's boo-boos can help calm the stress hormones that can lead to chronic illness, a new study suggests

Women could help reduce childhood obesity by keeping a healthy weight during pregnancy and breast-feeding, a government panel ...