Children

Reach Out and Read Michigan is an evidence-based reading program offered at participating pediatricians' offices throughout the state, including central and northern Michigan.

This week, state Senate Democrats introduced a package of bills (SB 757-760) called Kids Over Clicks. Among other things, the bills would aim to ensure AI chatbots are inaccessible to children.

Workers also donated 351 bicycles, far surpassing last year's record of 217. Nearly every bike came with a helmet.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Michigan State Police are encouraging people to pick up free gun locks as part of an effort to raise awareness about safe gun storage.

Grocery stores in northwest Lower Michigan are getting extra brown bags this month— the 35th annual fundraising campaign for Child and Family Services.

TOPSoccer offers soccer lessons for kids who have disabilities. It is a 30-year-old national youth sports organization. In Midland, TOPSoccer head coach Tamara Hageage shares her experience coaching the kids.

Youth Triathlon in Midland continues the annual tradition and attracts more than 200 racers this year.

Children's Grief Center says one out of 11 kids in Michigan experience a loss of a parent of a sibling by the age of 18. Children's Grief Center offers peer support groups to help on the children's healing journeys.

Children's Grief Center of the Great Lakes Bay Region offers support for people experience the loss of a loved one.

Bills to require doctors to screen young children for lead poisoning passed the Michigan Legislature Tuesday.