Early childhood education expert Senate Alexander was chosen by the Milton Hershey School to lead its new Catherine Hershey Schools as its first executive director. Catherine Hershey School is a $350 million program to build learning centers for children under 5 and offer support to their families such as job skills. The first of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The child tax credit had always been an empty gesture to millions of parents like Tamika Daniel.

A new study warns parents about the five most dangerous activities for children in the backyard and around the house.

Capital City Mall and the Salvation Army Harrisburg are holding a Christmas in July school supply donation drive to benefit local families served by the Salvation Army. 

Kendra Auker is president and CEO of the Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg. She oversees 2,000 employees, 1,600 of them women, and many of them in their child rearing years.

Most people think of the children’s classic “Charlotte’s Web” as a story of devoted friendship between a spider and a pig. But it can also be read as a story of a budding engineer – Charlotte – who prototypes, builds, tests and revises her web to solve a problem.

There were some days over this past year and a half where the teens seemed scarier than this global pandemic. 

Ready to start that first summer job at your Main Street ice cream parlor or that summer camp on the Susquehanna? The tax and accounting people at Wolters Kluwer have put together some tips for teenagers and their parents about summer jobs and taxes.

I used to consider myself a champion packer. I once took an overnight trip to New York City and didn’t even take a duffel bag – I carried a big purse with an inside pocket, into which I crammed a second shirt and change of underwear, and re-wore my jeans and shoes from the first day.