children

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For parents who hope their children will attend college, the clock to save for this goal starts ticking from the moment they are born.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

In low-income communities near the lake, children suffer from asthma at high rates.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The drop represents nearly 47% of the state’s participants in the program better known as food stamps and includes about 180,000 children, according to the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which administers the program.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

At the moment of liftoff, Catherine was with her children and the other astronauts' families near the launch pad in Florida.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Every day now I would see them in their hundreds, outside the soup kitchens, lining up in the snow, or huddled together against the cold in doorways, the children crying.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo