children

What age can you leave your child home alone? While some states have no age requirement, that's not the case in North Dakota.

School starts in Bismarck-Mandan on August 27, which means it's time for the flurry of preparatory activity and anxiety that inevitably comes with the beginning of each new grade.

Pebbles Thompson, of North Dakota's Project Ignite Light, would like you to know about their holiday campaign, PJ's With a Purpose. And it's one of the worthiest causes around.

North Dakota has been named number six in the nation for overall child well-being by the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 25th annual Kids Count study.

Many moms and dads are wondering how they can help limit the time their kids spend in front of those ever-present media screens. Here are seven tips.

How do you explain death to a child?  (We'll talk about this Tuesday morning on Bis-Man Weekly with Jim Walsh, 11AM - noon).  Click here for streaming...

A ride on the family tractor has been a rite of passage for generations of farm kids - but in the wake of last week's death of a one-year-old child in an accident near Cayuga, some are questioning the wisdom of letting kids near tractors.

We all have favorites: favorite food, favorite color, favorite band. But a favorite child?

On Wednesday President Obama announced a series of proposals to address gun violence. The day before, the National Rifle Association, which opposes the president's ideas, released a Web ad that stoked controversy, particularly because the ad focuses on Obama's daughters.

Language teacher Maria C. Waltherr-Willard suffers from pedophobia, which means she is afraid of young children. When the 61-year-old is in the presence of the little tykes she experiences symptoms which include anxiety, chest pains and vomiting.