Parents, don't help your kids with their math homework. No, really. A new study found that arithme-phobic parents actually may transfer their math anxiety to their first- and second-grade children—bu...

A recent study in Great Britain by YouGov finds that sexual identity is increasingly considered a matter of choice—and a choice that might change depending on a variety of factors. While 72 percent of ...

Though gaming often is thought to be a boy's activity, girls like to play games almost as much. However, they engage with these games in a far different manner. According to a new study from the Pew Research...

More kids are graduating from American high schools than ever before, and some experts believe the graduation rate could soar to near 90 percent by the year 2020. About 81 percent of the class of 2013 gradua...

Teens whose parents or caregivers serve in the military often struggle more than their peers with substance abuse. Approximately 4 million children's parents are either in the military or have served somet...

Zooz, a tech company with offices in Israel, is looking to hire 100 promising new recruits—but only if they speak Klingon. Solicitations for the job were written in the fictional Star Trek language—...

Facebook recently published a study, and the results were truly laughable. Facebook wanted to figure out how its users signified laughter, and it found that more than half of them favored a simple haha or on...

"Sesame Street" has a new address: HBO. The seminal children's television show officially starts its run on premium cable this fall with a new format (a half-hour instead of an hour), new shows (35 each season ...

Most kids will say they get way too much homework, and according to a study published in the American Journal of Family Therapy, they very well might be right. According to a Rhode Island survey of 500 paren...

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