“Imagine if you didn’t get to see many teenagers,” says Heather Harr. “What would you think of them if all you watched was the news?” You’d probably think they were […]

From its location beneath the Roberto Clemente Bridge, Kayak Pittsburgh launches paddlers straight into the Monongahela River. But if this sounds overwhelming to a young or new kayaker, smaller kids […]

Joan C. Eichner had the idea last year to create a short documentary film to capture creative ways parents promote learning in their kids, and how critical adults are in […]

When the Andy Warhol Museum begins displaying famed comic book painter Alex Ross’s lush, photorealistic depictions of Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and other iconic heroes, they won’t be […]

Beth Hendrickson has a new favorite playground, and she almost can’t believe it bumped her other favorite playground lower on the list. Hendrickson blogs about being a mother at Belle Squeaksnamed […]

Emmai Alaquiva says Hip-Hop on L.O.C.K., the arts education program he runs from his East Liberty recording studio, is like “‘The Apprentice’ meets ‘Making the Band.’” Alaquiva, the former director of […]

Maybe it takes a village to raise a child, but it took a couple of villages to raise this father. I love being a dad to my three kids. But […]

The Heinz Endowments had involved young people in various aspects of its grantmaking process for a dozen years before staff had a revelation: “We just thought, if we really wanted […]

Seven Pittsburgh public school districts were ranked the top in the nation for college preparedness by Washington Post’s High School Challenge. The ranking was based on the total number of […]

Mary Beth Tinker was only 13 in 1965 when she, her brother John and other junior-high kids decided to protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands. Her school in […]

When reached by phone in Wilkinsburg, Joy Taylor can hardly be heard for the sound of shouting children obviously having fun. Inside a church in Wilkinsburg, the kids are working […]

Jamin Bogi sees people jogging along the main streets of their neighborhoods during rush hour and wonders whether they realize that, in an effort to keep themselves healthy, they could […]

“I’ve never had children, I’ve never been around children, and I don’t know a lot about children with disabilities,” MaryJo Alimena Caruso recalls one 60-year-old woman announcing to her. Yet […]

If you need to determine what dosage of over-the-counter medicine to give your child, or why a rash still hasn’t gone away, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has an […]

Bonny Yeager’s favorite story from the Hear Me project–so far–comes from a kid named Calvin, responding to a book about Jackie Robinson. Asked to name his own hero, Calvin says: “My hero […]

Elvis Presley has re-entered the building – this time with a peanut-butter hairdo. He’s been re-dubbed Elvis Pretzley, and re-dipped (none of that processed cheese sauce for him), thanks to […]

The Saxifrage School is on the move. With plans to launch a new, community-integrated college, the organization is seeking space in Millvale for their next storefront project set to begin […]

“There aren’t a lot of community resources invested in this new challenge” of cyber-bullying, says Chris Sweeney, board member of the Marcus L. Ruscitto Charitable Foundation. That’s why Ruscitto family […]

Virtual stuff is gaining a powerful and sentimental hold on teenagers today, Facebook images, email threads and immaterial artifacts of the online world, says a new study by Carnegie Mellon […]