Category: Children and Childhood

Kidz Bop Is Still Going, 50 G-Rated Albums Later

Kidz Bop 50 is here, marking the latest of the enduring brand’s kid-friendly sanitization of pop music.
YouTube’s Ms. Rachel Gets Netflix Show, Drawing Cheers From Parents

Rachel Accurso, the beloved children’s YouTube star, announced a deal with the streaming service, broadening her audience and making it even easier to find her content.
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a long-awaited “Wallace and Gromit” feature and two big-budget sequels.
The Men Who Use Instagram to Groom Child Influencers

Photographers and other men offer to build online followings for young girls, but some are pedophiles who work with parents to sexualize them.
‘Getting Your Pink Back:’ How Moms Felt Like Themselves Again After Having a Baby

Flamingos, which can lose their bright color when tending to their young but get it back over time, have been a helpful metaphor for some women in their postpartum experiences.
What RFK Jr. Has Said About the Polio Vaccine in Recent Years

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary has suggested that the polio vaccine cost more lives than it saved and that the vaccine did not wipe out the disease in the U.S.
What the Polio Vaccine Has Meant for Public Health

A lawyer working with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has asked the F.D.A. to withdraw approval of the current shot because it hasn’t been tested against a placebo. Scientists say such a test would be unethical.
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a sequel to a 1980s Tim Burton classic and an animated tale of a Christmas nearly gone wrong.
U.S. Investigating Child Labor Claim at HelloFresh Subsidiary

The Labor Department investigation focuses on a plant in Aurora, Ill., operated by Factor75, a meal kit delivery company that HelloFresh acquired in 2020.
The Brave New World of A.I.-Powered Self-Harm Alerts

New technology alerts schools when students type words related to suicide. But do the timely interventions balance out the false alarms?
E.P.A. Again Seeks Limits on a Harmful Pesticide

After a court overturned a ban, the agency has proposed restricting chlorpyrifos to 11 food crops, illustrating the limits of federal regulation.
Ms. Rachel, YouTube Star, Is Creating a Holiday Toy Frenzy

Rachel Accurso might be this era’s Mr. Rogers, if he were on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Toy companies and publishers all want a piece of the action.