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Jennifer Hudson, the award-winning singer and host of the daytime talk show The Jennifer Hudson Show, recently hosted a 5-year-old "preacher's kid" known for a viral video of himself baptizing his Paw Patrol toy.

A majority of parents in churches believe children's ministries should address current events and "difficult subjects," according to a new Barna survey.

According to a new survey from Common Sense Media, over half of all teenagers have watched pornography by age 13.

Seattle Public Schools is suing several social media companies on the claim that the technology applications are responsible for the mental health crisis among children and teenagers.

Not that long ago, culturally speaking, someone known throughout the world for being neighborly said some things that most likely would have gotten him fired today. And believe it or not, he said these things on public television!

Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood often performed songs he wrote to address issues that confused children or caused them to struggle. One of these songs, “Everybody’s Fancy,” was featured in numerous episodes of his hit show from 1968 to 1991. He hoped to help children love and value their bodies and to respect other children, too. Rogers was, of course, completely unaware of the modern controversies over LGBTQ identities that would soon dominate the culture, but, in several lines of the song, he expressed truths that are no longer permitted to be said out loud.

Thousands of people flocked to an Indianapolis public library for actor Kirk Cameron's story time hour of his new children's book.

In every one of your childhood delights, there was God, teaching you about himself. And the more we can reach into this deep well of delight, the more we can give to others. Not only do our childhood hobbies and dreams bring us joy, they often involve BIG visions of how we can help others, too. Like the Japanese principle of ikigai, your childhood dreams can be the key to not just what you love, what you are good at, and what you can be paid for–but what the world needs, too.

So, reignite those dreams! Get out that journal, be brave and record yourself singing, if only for yourself. Buy that Lego set so you can feel what it's like to build again. Start with doing what you love without judgment, and the rest will follow. Your inner child will thank you for it, and so will your future self!

The world of high fashion is strange. Turning heads and calling it “art” is nothing new, but there are lines that even the edgiest refuse to cross. In November, the Paris-based fashion brand Balenciaga released back-to-back ad campaigns featuring blatant references to child pornography, violence, and sadomasochism. One featured a toddler holding a stuffed animal dressed in sexual clothing. In another, a child lies on a couch surrounded by wine glasses. To remove all doubt about Balenciaga’s intentions, a final photo featured a purse partially covering a printed Supreme Court opinion from United States v. Williams, a case that dealt with child pornography and the First Amendment.

A colorful new American Girl book marketed to girls as young as 10 has sparked a backlash among parents for its promotion of transgenderism and its explanation that some girls who feel like a boy "on the inside" can become a boy.

An “After School Satan Club” has been given permission to hold monthly meetings inside a California elementary school cafeteria.