Despite protests, ABC's "Modern Family" aired an episode Jan. 18 that featured a toddler apparently using the F-word. Lily—the adopted daughter of gay couple Cam and Mitchell—is the show's profane p...

Tiffany Carandang, 17, had been with her boyfriend for months. They loved each other and trusted each other completely. So it was only natural when they took the next natural step in their relationship: They ex...

A religious flap is brewing in North Carolina regarding the issue of religious texts in schools. The controversy started when Ginger Strivelli's 12-year-old son brought home a Bible from North Windy Ridge Inter...

Pressure is building on the toy maker Mattel to release a bald version of its iconic Barbie doll as an effort to support young cancer patients. A Facebook drive has gathered more than 100,000 "likes," and suppo...

A study by PLUS Model Magazine suggests the fashion industry is out of touch with the way real women, including teens and youth, actually look. The study found that if past supermodels Christie Brinkley, Paulin...

A California Girl Scout is organizing a boycott of the organization's popular cookies—retaliation, it would seem, for a Colorado chapter allowing a 7-year-old transgender boy to join. "Right now, Girl Sco...

Ultimate Gift: Mother Shows Us the Meaning of SacrificeGet downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:Late last year, Jenni Lake gave birth to a healthy baby boy, ju...

While fewer teens are smoking tobacco these days, the National Cancer Institute wants to help those who do. So with that in mind, the organization has created a text-based program to help teens quit. The progra...

Mobile data usage among teens has exploded in the past year. According to data from Nielsen, youth between the ages of 13 and 17 use about 321 megabytes of data on their phones every month—more than three...

A woman wants to get the magazine Cosmopolitan out of the hands of kids. She's started a petition to get the popular supermarket publication wrapped in an opaque plastic wrapper and forbid it being sold to anyo...