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Horror trailers can be scary for kids — and avoiding them is hard, especially around Halloween. Gerard Launet/Getty Images hide caption
Scream time: Has your kid been frightened by a horror movie trailer?
A girl tries to collect usable belongings amid the wreckage of vehicles after the explosion at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Rescue workers evacuate villagers through a boat from a flooded area of Pakpattan district of Pakistan's Punjab province, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. AP hide caption
Maria Caprigno and her son, Harry, at Disney World. Maria Caprigno hide caption
13 years after bariatric surgery, a 27-year-old says it changed her life
Fifth-graders wearing face masks sit at proper social distancing during a music class at the Milton Elementary School in Rye, N.Y., May 18, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered classrooms set back learning in some U.S. school systems by more than a year, with children in high-poverty areas affected the most, according to data shared with The Associated Press. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Sesame Street characters Elmo, left, and Cookie Monster pose on the 86th floor observation deck of the Empire State Building to promote the return of the live limited run show "Sesame Street Live! Let's Party!" Evan Agostini/AP hide caption
Do you need to talk to your kids about traumatic events? Sesame Street has some tips
Hospital staff take care of orphaned children at the children's regional hospital maternity ward in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Throughout the war in Ukraine, Russian authorities have been accused of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-held territories to raise them as their own. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption
Life Kit visuals editor Becky Harlan engages her 2-year-old son, August Grabowsky, in "special time." It's a kind of child-directed playtime that children's health professionals say can be helpful in treating disruptive conduct in kids. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
The 5-minute daily playtime ritual that can get your kids to listen better
Jefferson County School District Food Service Department staff arrange some of the hundreds of free lunches that was given to students on March 3, 2021 in Fayette, Miss. As one of the most food insecure counties in the United States, many families and their children come to depend on the free meals as their only means of daily sustenance. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Law enforcement work the scene on Tuesday after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images hide caption
The cover of Mothercoin next to the author. Courtesy of Elizabeth Cummins Munoz hide caption
LeVar Burton has won 12 Daytime Emmys and a Peabody Award for his work as the host and executive producer of the longtime PBS children's program Reading Rainbow. Rachel M. Heimerman/Rachel M. Heimerman hide caption
A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is prepared during a pop-up vaccine clinic at Cristo Rey Church in East Austin on July 24, 2021. Michael Minasi/KUT hide caption
A child wears a KN95 mask for kids in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Teenager Sama Ahel was taught deep breathing to cope following the Gaza-Israel conflict in May. Fatima Shbair for NPR hide caption
The six products resembling standard snack items contain THC, a main ingredient in marijuana edibles. New York Attorney General Letitia James hide caption
FDA scientists concluded that in almost every scenario the Pfizer vaccine's benefit for preventing hospitalizations and death from COVID-19 would outweigh any serious potential side effects in children. Pfizer via AP hide caption
Savannah, left, holds her daughter Chanel, as she sits with her sister Telia, as they listen to their mother Krystal Archie talking Sept. 23 during an interview with the Associated Press in Chicago. Archie's three children were present when police, on two occasions 11 weeks apart, kicked open her front door and tore apart the cabinets and dressers as they executed a search warrant. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
The Haunted Mine Drop is shown in this July 2017 file photo at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, Colo. A recent investigation revealed a 6-year-old girl on vacation with her family died earlier this month after operators of the vertical drop ride did not properly check her seatbelts. Chelsea Self/AP hide caption
Thousands of empty empty pairs of shoes for every child killed by guns in the U.S. since Sandy Hook cover the southeast lawn of U.S. Capitol on March 13, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Paul Morigi/AP hide caption
This May 21, 2021 photo shows the Apple logo displayed on a Mac Pro desktop computer in New York. Apple is planning to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among security researchers that the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption