These bendy, wax-coated sticks can be twisted into animals, letters, or whatever your child’s imagination conjures. Bonus: they’re mess-free and reusable. Vintage toys still win big with kids.

From the gym at UC Santa Cruz, I called my family to warn them ... Friends have asked me what I miss the most from my home. My kids’ artwork scattered around the house. My husband’s comic ...

More than 300 child-care facilities are closed amid the L.A. fires, sending thousands of families scrambling to find care.

The Nature Conservancy’s role as banker and broker of the ranch buyouts, and the National Park Service’s pivotal entreaty to ...

What can Mod Podge do?? Get 101 Mod Podge uses here! You’ll be surprised at all of the things you can make: gifts, jewelry, ...

A journalist’s daughter was perhaps not pleased their mother was interviewing Gaga instead of taking them to a toy store.

Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 232 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than ...

Funny math returns as Republicans regain power” (Reading Eagle, Jan. 18) is a great commentary by Catherine Rampell. The ...

"I’m frustrated by the repeated closure of our city schools without an adequate plan for making up lost learning time." ...

Letters of all kinds have poured into The Times since the Eaton and Palisades fires — and most recently, the Hughes fire — erupted during a freak Santa Ana windstorm that started Jan. 7.

The Santa Ana Unified School District plans to address a $187 million budget shortfall this year by laying off 280 teachers ...

Celebrate Valentine’s Day on a budget with these free kids printable valentines cards. Which one is your favorite?