UMF’s Sweatt-Winter programs settles into new building

'This year will be a play year,' Director Erica Thompson said when asked how she saw the program expanding in the new building, which is more than double in size.

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine presents ‘Go, Dog. Go!’

Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it

The expiration of the federal child tax credit left American children behind last year. We should be way past scaremongering about ‘welfare’ and ‘generosity.’

Commentary: We must continue to strengthen mental health services for Maine’s kids

Don’t allow our youth experiencing behavioral and mental health crises to continue to languish in emergency rooms and jails.

Commentary: Let’s end hunger in Maine, especially among children

The Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is fighting for the nearly 37,000 people under 18 who are facing food insecurity in our state.

Dining out with the kids? These aren’t your grandparents’ family restaurants.

Today's family-oriented restaurants offer expertly crafted, carefully sourced food to discerning young families – a welcome change from the cookie-cutter chains and generic venues of the past.

Pregnancy-associated deaths in U.S. more than doubled over 2 decades

Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers.

Commentary: Maine is falling short of its obligations to young children with special needs

Our state doesn’t adequately reimburse the vital work of special purpose community schools. A simple legislative bill can right that damaging wrong.

Commentary: Ensuring children and working families have what they need to thrive

Paid leave, investments in child care and public preschool will not only support Maine families but also encourage others to move or return here, providing a needed boost to our workforce.

Commentary: Sex trade survivors need protection; sex buyers need to stop

A recent column was grossly inaccurate when it stated that trafficking is prevented when both the buying and selling of sex are decriminalized. Nothing could be further from the truth.