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Arts & Culture

Circus tour brings free shows to San Diego neighborhoods this spring

Jacob Aere

A "social circus" looks to tell stories through free performances that reach across generations and cultures.
Arts & Culture

Foster kids miss out on sports and music. A new California plan aims to help them catch up

Ana B. Ibarra

A new proposal from the Newsom administration would steer more money to foster children with the greatest needs while also setting aside funds for them to pursue their passions.
Border & Immigration

Border Patrol must care for migrant children who wait in camps for processing, a judge says

Rebecca Santana

A judge has ruled that migrant children in makeshift camps along the border waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency’s custody.
Health

These identical twins both grew up with autism, but took very different paths

Jon Hamilton

Sam and John Fetters are identical twins with autism. But Sam is in college, while John still struggles to form sentences. Their experience may shed light on the disorder's mix of nature and nurture.
Arts & Culture

8 indoor activities to release kids' energy

Shauna Tominey

To help kids get out that energy, here are eight ideas for indoor games to get the wiggles out!
Arts & Culture

Raising includers: 5 tips to help your kids be kind and compassionate

Katie Hurley

All kids develop at their own pace. To help kids learn to include others, it helps to take a proactive and positive approach to developing their social skills. Follow these five steps to help your kids become includers.
Education

Make a plan! How to help when your child is anxious

Lindsey Pruett-Hornbaker

As our kids grow, they face increasingly stressful situations, like starting new sports, emergency drills, difficult tests, and taking on new responsibilities. These kinds of situations can make children feel anxious.
Arts & Culture

Room for everyone: 10 picture books that encourage kindness

Deborah Farmer Kris

Parents can build on strong messages of compassion by reading books to their children that explore empathy, celebrate diversity, and encourage kindness. Here are 10 books to get you started.
Health

Lead in the drinking water is still a problem in the U.S. — especially in Chicago

Pien Huang

The Windy City has the most lead pipes of any U.S. city. A study estimates that more than two-thirds of children there are exposed to lead in their home tap water.
Health

After a cancer diagnosis, how do you tell your kids, relatives, friends and coworkers?

Marc Silver

The secrecy that shrouded Princess Kate's cancer diagnosis is something that any new cancer patient can understand. It's daunting to decide when to share, whom to tell and how much to say.