The Schneider family faced profound questions about their daughter’s developmental differences. Advances in genetic testing finally revealed answers.

Jump Jam encourages healthy, active lifestyles for area students.

Avoid flimsy footwear to keep calluses and injuries at bay this summer.

A diagnosis of cancer—every parent’s nightmare. For the Hoffman family, it was a mountain to climb, but one they tackled with the help of everyday heroes.

Two volunteers, 1,000 hours, lots of smiles. Add it up and you get nothing short of total joy.

Scientists took a few samples from these colorful play areas and tested them in a lab. The conclusion: Well, read on.

Start wherever you are and build from there to make small steps toward a better future.

JJ Smith’s parents moved to a new home and found new doctors—all to save their son.

Project Night Lights, Star Wars edition, features hundreds of waving lightsabers inside and outside Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.

Merritt Smith experienced seizures and missed developmental milestones. Genetic testing revealed the cause—a missing chunk of a chromosome.

A little fighter beats all the odds to overcome congenital heart disease shortly after her birth.

TV, iPads and other modern technology continue to devour childhood hours—and it's only getting worse.