Preschoolers with a parent away at war were more likely to show aggression than other young children in military families, according to the first published research on how the very young react to wartime deploy...

A psychologist who found he could predict children’s prospects by testing whether they could resist eating a marshmallow is to scan their brains to find the neurological roots of temptation. (Story contin...

As tattoos gain acceptance, the parlors that create them have begun migrating from the edgier parts of town to suburban malls and exclusive boutiques. The parlors aim to capture more of the growing market of yo...

A daily menu of five emphases can help people feel better about themselves and improve mental health and well being, as well as head off financial insecurity. (Story continues below.)Discuss...

Of the afflictions plaguing modern society, none may be worse than divorce. Loneliness has reached epidemic proportions, yet more than half of America's adult population is single -- the majority not by choice....

Sometimes, Jennifer Ross feels she cannot make a move at home without inviting the scorn of her daughters, 10-year-old Grace and 7-year-old Eliza. The Acura MDX she drives? A flagrant polluter. The bath at nigh...

THE GAME: Ask players to introduce themselves to the group, one by one, by pairing each syllable of their name with a fun motion as they say their name out loud. (For example, Crystal has two syllables in her n...

While the meting out of corporal punishment as a means of disciplining school-age children long has been called into question, the use and benefit of time-out rooms now is being held in scrutiny ...

Once a victim, always a victim? So it would seem, according to a new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.(Story continues below.)Discussion Starters1.) The story indicates one in 10 students w...

Student behavior in classrooms has deteriorated, especially during the last five years; and "permissive parenting" is to blame, according to recent studies and interviews with educators.A Cambridge Un...