Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: If I had to rate my marriage, I would give it a B. I don’t want to have a B marriage, but I have toddler kids. The thought…

It’s called “The Great Unwinding.” That’s what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have termed  a massive reversal of emergency health coverage incentives put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that many…

TOPEKA — A national survey of child well-being revealed Kansas ranked in the top 10 in terms of their financial security but the state performed modestly in key health, education and community factors. The 2022…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys hoping to save an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children told a federal appeals court Wednesday that ending the program…

In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting this week, local therapists want children to know that they, too, are struggling to wrap their heads around the violence. “I tell my kids that even…

Do you any “littles” in your life? They are invited to rediscover the children’s department at the Iola Public Library.  Everything in the new grant-funded “Grow Your Brain” family play area is based on whole…

The Iola Library’s Library Littles program has reconvened in person with the ebb of COVID-19 cases. The free activities program for children is the third Thursday of every month at 2 p.m. Above, Finian, left,…

Starting in July, RoDena Lloyd’s five children were lifted out of poverty by the Biden administration’s expansion of the child tax credit (CTC), which delivered cash infusions to families across America. But at the end…

TOPEKA — Oksana Seitz left Kansas on Tuesday with plans to travel to Romania and return with her Ukrainian sister’s two children by persuading embassy officials to expedite visas or, if necessary, taking the kids…

Distrust, misinformation and delays because of the holidays and bad weather have combined to produce what authorities say are alarmingly low COVID-19 vaccination rates in U.S. children ages 5 to 11. As of Tuesday, just…