Children

Politics

"To Obama, the State Can Still Solve Every Problem"

Nick Gillespie | 1.24.2015 11:24 AM

Children

Throwing Children Out in the Cold Still OK, If You're the Government

Ed Krayewski | 1.8.2015 2:04 PM

Nanny State

Baby Becomes Briefly Underweight, Mom Loses Custody for Five Months

Religious beliefs against feeding your child animal products? That apparently counts as child abuse in Florida.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.14.2014 3:30 PM

Police

Dallas Cop Allegedly Threatens to Kill His Children, Arrested on Misdemeanor Harassment Charge, Placed on Paid Leave

Ed Krayewski | 11.7.2014 12:55 PM

Policy

Tykes Taking THC-Treated Treats From Tricksters on Halloween May Be an Urban Legend, but the Times Still Leads With It

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2014 11:55 AM

Policy

Worried About Marijuana-Infused Halloween Candy? There's a Kit for That.

Jacob Sullum | 10.29.2014 2:48 PM

Policy

If It Tastes Good to Kids, Ban It

Critics of marijuana edibles and flavored e-cigarettes would reduce adults to the level of children.

Jacob Sullum | 10.27.2014 8:30 AM

Policy

Marijuana Edibles, Flavored E-Cigarettes, and the Folly of Child-Proofing the World

Jacob Sullum | 10.24.2014 4:13 PM

Policy

What John Grisham Got Right About Child Pornography

Jacob Sullum | 10.21.2014 2:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Rise of the Carceral Left, John Grisham Child Porn Edition

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.17.2014 4:20 PM

Politics

A Pox on Hillary's "Grandmother Glow" and Prince George Pics

Nick Gillespie | 10.3.2014 2:50 PM

Politics

Stop Criminalizing Parenting: Free Range Kids' Lenore Skenazy on Our Irrational Fears over Child Safety

Anthony Fisher and Nick Gillespie | 9.14.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

D.C. Piano Prodigy Misses 10 Days of Public School, Gets Labeled "Truant." Now She's Homeschooled.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.8.2014 2:41 PM

Sex Crimes

What Is The Rotherham Child Sex Exploitation Scandal All About?

Scott Shackford | 9.4.2014 6:00 PM

Politics

Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?!

Focus on your own kids and stop criminalizing parenthood

Tyler Koteskey | 9.3.2014 9:00 AM

Vaccines

How to Prevent Your Kids from Getting Cancer

Ronald Bailey | 8.22.2014 12:33 PM

Politics

Why Are We So Overprotective of Our Kids? Is it Because They Cost So Damn Much?

Nick Gillespie | 8.22.2014 9:37 AM

Politics

Are Baby Boomers and GenXers Breeding Monsters?

Nick Gillespie | 8.21.2014 1:17 PM

Policy

No Fucking Way: Woman Arrested for Cursing in Grocery Store

Jacob Sullum | 8.18.2014 1:16 PM

Politics

This Might Be Your Brain on Drugs: Colorado's Softer Anti-Pot Propaganda Is Still Propaganda

Jacob Sullum | 8.15.2014 11:33 AM

Politics

Attacking Marijuana Legalization, Bill Bennett Explains Why Better Pot Is Worse and Why Adults Must Be Treated Like Children

Jacob Sullum | 8.14.2014 8:47 PM

Policy

Pat Robertson Renounces Marijuana Legalization Because 'the Little Kids Are Getting High'

Jacob Sullum | 8.13.2014 4:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Despite Legalization, Colorado Teenagers Stubbornly Refuse to Smoke More Pot

Jacob Sullum | 8.8.2014 1:41 PM

Labor

Illinois Day Care Workers Given Permission to Dump Union

Scott Shackford | 8.1.2014 1:00 PM

Fertility

Smart Women Don't Have Babies

Ronald Bailey | 7.31.2014 12:07 PM

Drones

Here's a List of 700 (Out of At Least 2,300) People Killed in U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan

Ed Krayewski | 7.31.2014 11:31 AM

Policy

Another Study Finds No Evidence That Medical Marijuana Increases Cannabis Consumption by Teenagers

Jacob Sullum | 7.30.2014 11:54 AM

Policy

Censors Worry About 'E-Cigarette Ads Aimed at Youths' But Can't Identify Any

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2014 1:45 PM

Policy

Bolivia Lowers Legal Age of Employment to Help Poor Families

Brittany Morrisey | 7.22.2014 11:24 AM

Policy

Adult-Enticing E-Cigarette Flavors That Only Senators Could Hate

New data show that grownups prefer supposedly juvenile e-cigarette flavors.

Jacob Sullum | 7.21.2014 8:30 AM

Police Abuse

Pa. Cops Beat Up 17-Year-Old Girl Caught Out After Curfew

Ed Krayewski | 7.20.2014 7:39 PM

Policy

Adults Who Use E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking Prefer Supposedly Juvenile Flavors

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2014 1:31 PM

Policy

Florida Principal Backs Charter School Conversion, Gets Demoted to "Sorting Crayons"

Brittany Morrisey | 7.11.2014 12:48 PM

Immigration

President Obama Not Going to Border While Visiting Texas Could Be a "Katrina Moment," Says Dem Rep.

Ed Krayewski | 7.8.2014 3:38 PM

Gay Marriage

The Kids of Same-Sex Parents Do Better Than Kids in Conventional Families

Ronald Bailey | 7.7.2014 11:22 AM

Policy

Buffalo Makes Kindergarten Mandatory

Brittany Morrisey | 7.1.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

Obama's Amnesty Legislation Misunderstood by Illegal Immigrants—Now DHS Needs Thousands of Pairs of Men's Briefs for Detained Illegal Immigrant Children

Brittany Morrisey | 6.25.2014 4:25 PM

Police Abuse

Philly Cop Finally Getting Suspended, Fired, for Fighting With Children—Investigation Took Two and a Half Years

Ed Krayewski | 6.25.2014 12:05 PM

Policy

Jay Rockefeller's Vaping Vapors

A Senate hearing highlights irrational hostility toward e-cigarettes.

Jacob Sullum | 6.25.2014 7:00 AM

World

Check Out the CIA's Demonic, Face-Melting Osama bin Laden Toy for South Asian Kids

The face of the toy was designed to melt off and reveal a demon once in the hands of Pakistani and Afghan children.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.20.2014 12:02 PM

Children

Help Us, Mr. Police Officer! It's a Man Selling Children's Books!

Scott Shackford | 6.18.2014 4:40 PM

Policy

Chicago Offers Citizens $100 to Tattle on Cigarette Tax Cheats. For the Children!

Brittany Morrisey | 6.18.2014 3:50 PM

Policy

Mom Hires Craigslist Driver for 9-Year-Old Son, Gets Thrown in Jail

Lenore Skenazy | 6.18.2014 11:32 AM

Policy

Does Using Drugs 'Even Just Once' Change Your Brain Forever?

Jacob Sullum | 6.16.2014 3:04 PM

Economics

Obama: 'The World Is Less Violent Than It Has Ever Been.' He's Right!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.12.2014 11:39 AM

Civil Liberties

Kid Twirls a Pencil in Class, N.J. Threatens to Take Him From His Dad and Requires Blood and Urine Testing

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.11.2014 11:41 AM

Police Abuse

SWAT Team Reportedly Throws Flash Bang, Burns Toddler During No-Knock Raid

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2014 7:47 AM