"Now I know how I can make them useful again!" DIYer shares creative idea using old crayons: 'Great idea' first appeared on The Cool Down.

While laying the foundation stone for a new factory, the chair of the writing instruments manufacturer warns she will have to ...

At Cradles to Crayons' "Giving Factory" in East Falls, volunteers "shop" for outfits for kids in need and turn donated clothes into care packages.

In Gaza, as in much of the world, September usually means sharpened pencils, pressed uniforms, and the first day of class.

Kim Lipshutz was trying to find a new path in life when she came across a Hy-Vee grocery bag full of old report cards and ...

Nicholas Spada is one of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear x-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in ...

More and more parents are feeling pressure to schedule activities for each part of their kids’ day. As kids are spending more time at home than usual, it’s important to remember that it’s OK for them ...

Transition Montréal’s leader is proposing a very different style of leadership, vowing to be “the squeaky wheel” that puts ...

The Balance Project, a parent-run movement, works to encourage childhood independence and get kids off screens ...

I was excited to take the Foreign Service Exam a bit over a quarter century ago. I had always been a foreign policy nerd; I had memorized the flags of every country in the world in kindergarten and ...