The city of St. Paul, Minn., told a local candy store it had to stop selling cigarettes to kids or face a $500 fine. Oh, did we mention the cigarettes in question were made of candy? St. Paul passed an ordinanc...

Anyone who's not been an only child knows brothers and sisters can fight—a lot—but scientists believe too much sibling squabbling can lead to problems when the kids become teens. Researchers from th...

Middle schoolers who'd like to increase their popularity have a new trick to try: Being nice. Scientists from the University of California/Riverside and the University of British Columbia studied 19 classrooms ...

Eleven-year-old Savannah Maddison just wanted to help her best friend's father when he was deployed to Afghanistan earlier this year, so she wrote him a song. After a bit, she realized there were a whole bunch ...

What Were the Biggest Events in 2012 for You?Get downloadable PDF.Get downloadable PowerPoint presentation.About/DisclaimerWhat Happened:It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. So said Charles Dick...

The Backdrop:Where is God?You may have found yourself asking that question lately. As this devo is being written, the events of Sandy Brook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., are less than a week old. Of cour...

Social networking sites are a huge part of most people's lives these days, but many believe our interconnectivity is hurting productivity. For instance, the average college student spends about three hours a da...

In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., some politicians wonder if violent video games might've had something to do with it—even before it was learned the killer played such games. A few days after ...

The Federal Trade Commission has put a more contemporary stamp on a 1998 law designed to protect kids' privacy online. The 1998 law, called the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, has long prevented sites...

Just say no to drugs…except, maybe, marijuana. That sums up a growing attitude among youth when it comes to cannabis. The perception that pot is dangerous has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years, accor...