Children no longer play freely in driveways, on their streets or in urban parks and courtyards. In many places, children's freedom to roam has been diminishing for generations, but the pandemic has ...

What you need to know: Many children leave home not in rebellion but in response to conditions they can no longer endure—abuse, neglect, hunger, or loss. At sunrise, the city stretches awake—shops ...

Kano, Nigeria — Authorities in northern Nigeria's largest city have begun evacuating more than 5,000 street children seen as a "security threat" and a growing concern as an economic crisis forces more ...

There are many reasons that children may choose to live and work on the streets. Pascal Deloche/Getty Images Zimbabwe’s government undertook a survey in 2023 to ascertain how many children were living ...

In November, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) quietly released a 128-page grant application that slashes support for long-term housing programs. In Hampton Roads alone, such ...

Throughout French-speaking Africa, street children are an all-too-common phenomenon. Although different names are used to describe these children, they all refer to the same precarious reality. There ...

When Sesame Street first appeared on television in 1969, it rearranged the architecture of childhood. The show looked like pure joy, a neighborhood of color, rhythm, and creatures who seemed to belong ...