When the weather’s bad and there’s no prospect of a trip to the park, we might well reach for crayons, pencils and paper as a way to keep our children entertained. But drawing is much more than a fun ...

There are many times in a child’s life when they might be unwilling or unable to express to us adults what they’re feeling inside — and understandably so. Still, it can be frustrating for parents to ...

Drawing may look like a simple childhood pastime, but research suggests it is doing far more than filling blank pages. It engages perception, memory, motor control and even early social understanding, ...

A father posted his child's whimsical drawing of him tumbling off a roof with a big grin, igniting lively discussions online. Art specialists point out that children's creative expressions often ...

Emily Flake discusses how having a child changed how she illustrates kids, and pokes fun at her pre-motherhood drawings. a lot of my pre-kid children look like little adults. So we have some examples ...

A Michigan mom says her 11-year-old daughter’s school called a drawing of a pig "inappropriate." The colorful drawing, titled “Piggie,” depicts a a pig in a bow tie saying “hi” as it waves its arms.

When my kids were small, I had them draw a self-portrait on each birthday. Here's what their early pictures looked like: None of us have any trouble recognizing that this is a picture of a little ...