When Zayn Malik left the popular boy band One Direction, some fans believed the reasons were far more complicated than the one he gave—that he wanted to have "some private time out of the spotlight." S...

Consumer advocates have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission for the number of advertisements appearing on YouTube's new child-centric service. Much of that concern is about programming developed...

America is no longer in the grips of recession, economists say. The overall unemployment rate has been under 6 percent since September. For teens, it's a much different story. The number of workers between t...

Nearly a quarter of teens say they're online almost constantly, according to new data collected by the Pew Research Center. About 56 percent of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 go online several times a day,...

Kids who are allowed to sip beer or wine when they're in middle school are more likely to drink on their own when they move into high school, according to a study from Brown University. Many parents believe ...

A 16-year-old volleyball player and her parents are suing her club volleyball association because the girl wasn't given enough playing time. The suit alleges that coaches for the Chantilly Juniors promised t...

There are all sorts of different parents out there: Parents who buy their children Happy Meals and parents who never give their children anything but organic tofu; parents who let their kids walk to school by t...

An advocacy group says energy drinks are so dangerous they shouldn't be sold to anyone under the age of 18—and they have a study on hand to support them. According to the study, funded by the Robert Wo...

With an eye toward keeping teen drivers safer, Chevrolet is introducing some heavy-duty monitoring systems with its 2016 Malibu. The new Malibu will allow parents to get an unprecedented peek at their teens'...

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has approved four flavors of Palcohol—that is, powdered alcohol that can be stirred into water or other liquids to create alcoholic beverages. Mark Phillips...