TIME For Kids is a weekly magazine and currently read by more than 4 million students. You can find many well selected stories for kids covering world and national events, scientific discoveries, sports, entertainment and kids in the news.

Their TFK Kid Reporters will give you the kids’ eye-view on everything and report stories around […]

Courtesy of Rex Bowlby. This activity has two purposes: to have fun and to tire the kids out. And it works!
“Go hide. I’ll count to 100 and then come looking for you,” I claimed.
“ONE, TWO.” Let’s see what’s on TV. No. (select) No. (select) They’re still in reruns?
“EIGHT, NINE.” Nothing on. Maybe I’ll go make […]

There are 70 percent of Americans have back pain. Although back pain is not common in kids, according to the Better Health Channel established by the Victorian (Australia) Government, also around 70 percent of Australian schoolchildren may be damaging their spines by carrying schoolbags. Here are some tips for preventing your kid from damaging their […]

At the center of your child’s universe is Mom, and quite often the center of Mom’s universe is the kitchen. Logically then, your child will probably spend a great deal of time in that room of the house. Ho-hum, boring, right? Wrong.
The kitchen, in fact, could be the most exciting room in the house for […]

What significant object in the world works only because it is disintegrated, worn, and broken? What substance would be noticeably absent, leaving us without cement, glass, and computer microchips? What item is so abundant, its number is compared to stars in the universe? What element fills our oceans, lakes, rivers, deserts, playgrounds, and backyard ______boxes? […]

All parents do want to raise smart and happy kids. Apart from IQ (intelligence quotient), EQ (emotional quotient) that experts say is crucial to lifelong success and happiness. Over at Sesame Workshop, a short and easy-to-read article written by four experts, Dr. Charles Flatter, Dr. Kathryn Barnard, Dr. Robert Brooks and Lynne S. Dumas clearly […]

So you can’t think of any presents to give to your children for the next gift-giving occasion? Well, how about a fort, a robot, a train, a storage container, a house, a basketball hoop, a tunnel, and a pet house. If you think the sum of these purchases is a little out of your budget […]

(Back and forth, back and forth, switch hands, around and around, switch hands, STOP.)
“OK. Which cup?” I asked.
“That one!” my oldest exclaimed.
(Lifting the cup)
“Not it,” I asserted.
“That one!” my youngest said with assurance.
(I lift the cup.) A single, yellow M&M is revealed.
“EEEEEE! I want to eat it!”
“No, me!”
“The one who guesses right gets to eat […]

Not only do our kids often feel bored, grownups also cannot avoid boredom. When your child comes up to you and says “Mom, I’m bored.”- it might be his/her signal or a chance for both of you to get connected. Why not play a card game with him/her? This idea was coming from my daughter […]

“He hit me! Stay on your side! Stop making faces! He’s teasing me! He took my…“
“EXCUSE ME! This is your Captain speaking. You have just boarded PDQ Airlines, flight 1234, non-stop service to the corner market. We will be departing shortly, and flying at an altitude of 23,000 feet, at a speed of 600 miles […]