Parenting
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EpiPen shortage raises alarm for parents as kids head back to school
Aug 17, 2018 1:00 am - Jim Davis, a parent of an 8-year-old daughter who has a peanut allergy, was startled to learn that his Walgreens pharmacy did not have a single EpiPen available for her ...
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Sending kids to college increases the chances you'll lose your house
Aug 12, 2018 1:12 am - The financial distress caused by college tuition worsened the foreclosure crisis at the heart of the Great Recession. New research in the journal Demography shows that i...
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Online shopping is on the rise among kids. Here's how brands are courting them.
Aug 12, 2018 1:00 am - Nine-year-old Isabella Colello shops for just about everything online. She scrolls through the Amazon app on her phone at least once a day. She gets ideas from YouTube, ...
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Don't delay in getting your teen vaccinated for HPVAug 11, 2018 7:30 am - Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common virus spread through sexual contact or other forms of skin-to-skin contact. According to the Centers for Disease Control, there ar...
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Meet the newest US citizens: Melania Trump's parents
Aug 09, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - First lady Melania Trump's parents were sworn in as U.S. citizens on Thursday, completing a legal path to citizenship that their son-in-law has suggested...
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Goo-gle gaga: Parenting in the age of Alexa and her ilk
Aug 07, 2018 7:00 am - Hey parents: What if there was a machine that could respond to your kids' every command, never tiring, even if they ask it to tell jokes for two hours or answer all thei...
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Stress in childhood can lead to diseases in adulthoodAug 05, 2018 7:30 am - Have you ever wondered why one child can grow up in hard times and become successful while another child struggles throughout life? How a child handles extreme or repeat...
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What do colleges want from applicants? It's hiding in plain sightAug 05, 2018 1:00 am - The college application process can seem pretty mysterious to the uninitiated. But what colleges want from their applicants isn't a secret. Schools telegraph what they'r...
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Woman sentenced for role in deaths of boyfriend's parents
Aug 01, 2018 7:00 am - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut woman will serve eight years in prison in connection with the fatal shootings of her boyfriend's parents. Jennifer Valiante did no...
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Parenting is a marathon, not a sprint; Train for it with your kids
Jul 29, 2018 7:30 am - Parenthood comes with countless surprises. Most involve bodily fluids. Like, for instance, the sudden lack of opportunities for Mom and Dad to sweat. “We both used to ge...