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Garden State lawmakers could soon give final approval to a measure that aims to make public schools in Jersey even safer than they are now.

One in five children or teens at risk of committing suicide are able to access a handgun, according to a report presented to the Pediatric American Societies.

New Jersey gets high marks for its preschool program, but a new report finds we can and should do better.

As investigators in the Atlantic County Prosecutors Office determine whether to press charges against the parents of the four-year-old Toms River boy, who shot his six-year-old playmate in the head on Monday, Toms River residents remain in shock by the tragic incident.

The case of the 4-year-old who accidentally shot a 6-year-old in the head in Toms River has stunned the state.

The Garden State often gets a bad rap, for everything. But when it comes to raising children, a new study found New Jersey to be tops!

The teen pregnancy rate is on the decline, but the new face of the unwed mother is a young 20-something who has graduated high school and is more than likely living with the child's father. Why the shift?

More kids are getting injured during organized sports, and it could be your fault.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating risk assessments on 20 flame retardants and three other chemicals found in everyday consumer products. New Jersey’s senior U.S. Senator is urging the EPA to conduct further evaluations of chemicals found in household products like children’s cribs.

Every parent knows to store medicine out of the reach of small children and yet, each year more than 67,000 youngsters are treated in emergency rooms for unintentional poisoning, which is a 30 percent increase over the last decade.