I visited a huge toy fair in NYC to find the next hot new trend. Labubus are over. Next up for kids and the young at heart? The highland cow.

On a wall at Trader Joe’s are numerous drawings of shelter animals, each with their own biography, each an attempt to help those animals find homes. They are the result of Kids, Cats and K9s, a ...

Questions like "will getting a pet benefit our child's mental health?" are increasingly common and pertinent. In Spain, for instance, more than half of all households now have one or more pets.

"Why the Wild Things Are," released by Harvard University Press, draws on psychological research, history and children's media over a 10-year period to examine youngsters' many connections to animals ...

A couple of years ago I asked Temple Grandin if people with autism have a special ability to relate to animals. She is, of course, widely known for both her Source: MJ Herzog, used with permission ...

The stuffed animals can offer comfort and hope for kids in tough situations. — -- A high school student from Washington state has gathered hundreds of stuffed animals to give to children who are ...

When Luiz Antonio, at the age of four, wants to eat his vegetables rather than the octopus on his plate, his caregiver gives the best response a caregiver can give, “Okay then, just eat the potato and ...

Omar Villafranca is a CBS News correspondent based in Dallas. He joined CBS News in 2014 as a correspondent for Newspath. Before CBS, Villafranca worked at KXAS-TV Dallas-Fort Worth, at KOTV-TV the ...

Dear Critter Corner: Why do so many animals have trouble being around small children? There are several reasons why young children and animals tend to be a volatile combination. One reason is that ...