Updated: 7:08 AM Researchers say it's important to not place cribs near windows and always watch children when they are playing by an open window.

Updated: 2:08 PM Virginia Secretary of Education Gerard Robinson and Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech have joined with PepsiCo and Waste Management to encourage K-12 schools in the Commonwealth to participate in the Dream Machine Recycle Rally program in celebration of Earth Week.

Posted: 3:06 PM Simple things, like buying diapers, can cause a lot of stress.

Posted: 2:51 PM April is Prevent Child Abuse Month and advocates around the nation are trying to raise awareness about child abuse and how to prevent it.

Updated: 4:58 PM West Virginia is becoming the 25th state to require health coverage of therapy considered crucial for children with autism.

Updated: 11:07 PM According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one out of every 110 children is diagnosed with autism.

Updated: 7:35 AM On Saturday, James Madison University leaders are holding a grief camp.

Updated: 11:15 PM With all the veterans and military families in the Shenandoah Valley, there's no shortage of support for the men and women serving our country.

Updated: 5:33 PM An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended that the agency further study the link between food coloring and childhood hyperactivity.

Updated: 6:59 AM Spring has sprung and so have allergies.

Updated: 12:16 PM The U.S. House has voted to reinstate a school voucher program for District of Columbia students.

Posted: 12:12 PM House Republicans are trying to use the tax code to curb abortions by limiting tax breaks for insurance policies that cover the procedure.

Posted: 11:41 AM The Virginia Department of Education is inviting school divisions, nonprofits, and others to apply for grants for community learning centers.

Updated: 5:55 PM The Smithsonian American Art Museum has received an $8 million gift to create an education center and says it will expand its reach to more U.S. classrooms.

Updated: 5:55 PM The Children's Museum of Virginia is preparing to reopen after being closed for more than a year for an expansion project.

Updated: 10:23 PM The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, a federal school nutrition law, goes into effect July 1.

Updated: 10:21 PM Staff at Luray High School are trying to make school a safer and more accepting place for students.

Posted: 12:36 PM The FDA is examining the link between dyes found in everyday foods and hyperactivity in children.

Posted: 10:41 AM Legislators say Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to dilute legislation that would mandate some group health insurance plans provide coverage for children with autism.

Updated: 3:56 PM A federal appeals court has ruled against a West Virginia woman who challenged the state's child immunization law.

Updated: 5:48 PM Marshall University says it's going to host a health summit with the University of Kentucky focusing on obesity.

Posted: 12:50 PM An influential doctors' group says "Facebook depression" is among potential harms to teens who use social networking sites.

Posted: 3:04 PM Young people are traveling all across the country this spring to spread the word about a war in East Central Africa that's putting children in danger.

Posted: 9:26 PM A couple of school superintendents in the Valley are celebrating Gov. Bob McDonnell's veto of a bill that would have required elementary and middle schools to give kids an average of 30 minutes a day of physical education.

Updated: 3:58 PM Virginia's Board of Education has adopted guidelines to help school divisions prevent teachers or other employees from sexually abusing students.