With the tragedy at Sandy Hook (the Connecticut elementary school where a gunman shot and killed 20 children) still fresh on the minds of many, a number of parents are struggling with whether to allow their own...

Children who exercise respond better to stressful situations, according to a new study. The Finnish study examined the habits of 258 8-year-olds, monitoring their activity levels through accelerometers. They as...

Facebook's "like" button is one of the social network's most popular features—easily allowing users to applaud everything from favorite bands to political candidates to a friend's weekend plans. However, ...

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Mark HopkinsGreenleaf Book Group, 2013, 224 pp., $21.95Shortcut to Prosperity is nothing short of an educational resource that galvanizes the most sardonic skeptic to take action. Groups of all natures can...

Divorce can impact devotion, according to a study published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Researchers found that kids who grew up in religious households were far more likely to leave the...

A total of 240 16- and 17-year-olds died on U.S. roadways in the first six months of 2012, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. That's 19 percent higher than it was for the same period the pre...

More than a quarter of teens who've have a boyfriend or girlfriend say they're sometimes digitally abused by their significant other, according to research from the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center. Abus...

Facebook is losing its appeal for teens. Who says? Facebook itself. In a statement included in its annual 10-K report, the social networking giant acknowledged that some younger users are "aware of and actively...