back to school

With the start of the school year right around the corner, parents should be aware of an important, but often overlooked safety issue for their children.

Most kids in New Jersey are headed back to school before the unofficial end of summer.

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is again sounding the alarm on the issue of teen sleep deprivation in the Garden State.

Many parents are enjoying a "schedule-free" summer and are allowing their children to stay up late at night and sleep in in the morning. But now may be the time many sleep experts recommend parents start getting their youngsters back on a normal sleep schedule before school starts.

Your children have had plenty of time to drive you crazy and wear you down since school let out in June, but is it enough to make you wish for the quick arrival of school in September?

Parents and guardians get sound advice to help the children in their households makemajor transitions as they enter new schools this fall.