The Children’s Place (TCP) is a specialty retailer of children’s apparel and accessories for children from newborn to age ten. It was founded in 1969. They became publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange in 1997 under the ticker symbol PLCE. The Children’s Place is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey and currently has 5,000 full-time employees. The company owns and operates The Children’s Place stores, as well as owning and operating Disney Stores between 2004 and 2007. Fiscal 2005 marked the first full year The Children's Place had managed the Disney Store. As of June 2007, the company owned and operated 872 The Children's Place stores and previously 328 Disney Stores before Disney Enterprises moved to regain these rights.

On March 26, 2008, Hoop Holdings/Hoop Retail Stores LLC and related subsidiaries of TCP that operated Children's Place and Disney Store retail locations filed a voluntarily petition for relief under Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

The Children’s Place designs, contracts to manufacture, and sells under The Children’s Place brand name. Each Children’s Place store is divided into five sections, serving the needs of specific size ranges. These are: Big Girls and Big Boys (4-14), Baby Girls and Baby Boys (6 months-4T), and Newborn (0–12 months).

Most of The Children’s Place stores are located in and around regional malls, but also include some strip centers, outlets, and street stores. The majority of their stores are small, traditional mall stores, although some Children's Place outlets are in a big box format.