Nearly three-quarters of teens have used AI companions, and half use them regularly, new research finds. Moreover, one-third ...

Making friends isn’t as easy as sharing a juice box or pushing each other on the swings anymore. According to new research, kids nowadays are actually struggling to make new friends amid the ongoing ...

Kids from coast-to-coast are heading back to school – and PBS KIDS is getting them ready for new friends and new adventures with content and resources designed to help students, teachers, and ...

Or maybe your kids went through the school year without reporting much in the way of anything about friends, new or old. Sometimes, this lack of connection didn’t even seem to bother them.

About 1 in 5 say that shyness or social awkwardness has hampered their child's ability to make new friends. Another 15% say the other kids are mean to their child, making it tough to find friendship.

For a week in June, the Our Town Elkader Opera House was full of the sounds of children learning and having fun.

With songs, sitcoms, dramas, and movies galore celebrating friendship, it's clear society places a high premium on friends. As a result, parents often grow concerned when their child just doesn't ...

You used to go on girls’ trips to Iceland. Now you have a baby. How to keep your old friendships going when your life changes. By Rachel Bertsche This story was originally published on July 29 ...

Let your kids do the talking. As the wife of a pastor, Lisa Cooper, based in Michigan, has moved quite a bit, so she relies on her children’s friendliness to make friends.

And then there were the New Kids, whose sets channeled both the wide-eyed charm of their early days and a grown-man streak that recalled the headier moments of the 2012 film “Magic Mike” and ...

Plus, when adults enter the workforce full-time, potential new friends don’t constantly surround them the way they did in school or while living in dormitories.