Growing up, my literary heroines were those who, like me, struggled to be good: Jo from "Little Women," Harriet the spy, Laura Ingalls and Pippi Longstocking. A strong-willed (and loud) child, I craved examples...

A new study concludes that children can become addicted to playing video games, with some skimping on homework, lying about how much they play and struggling, without success, when they try to cut back. In ...

Sexual orientation and sexual labels. Gender crossing and gender bending. These aren't X-rated or adults-only topics but rather subjects that young people talk about as they figure out where they fit in, said a...

Even before they played their first note together, the YouTube Symphony Orchestra were listed as one of the world's most inspiring orchestras.Part publicity stunt by its producers, part vanity trip by its parti...

Women aged 25 are now more likely to have had a child than to be married. The latest landmark in the decline of marriage was uncovered yesterday in Social Trends, the annual snapshot of the nation by the Office...

The growing reluctance of Britain's 20- and 30-somethings to fly the parental nest was revealed today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in its annual report on the latest social trends.It said almost ...

Two years since the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the classroom wing where a student methodically gunned down his victims has been transformed into a center to promote peace.But even the man who s...

Church worker Susan Boyle wows on "Britain Has Talent." Simon says he's pleased. ...

Not long ago, in the clinic, a fellow pediatrician and mother asked whether we were still teaching our sons old-fashioned elevator etiquette: stand back and let the ladies off first.We all protested that we don...

In a light-filled classroom in Sherman Oaks, gregarious teacher Jenna Zucker dons a straw hat and, in an exaggerated Southern drawl, invites the gathered first- and second-graders to an imaginary picnic.The chi...