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A growing army of American children steeped in environmentalism - a pint-size eco-police, whose demands grow ever greater, and more expensive - are trying to hold their perplexed parents accountable.
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Increasingly, adult children are finding themselves cutting into their own savings and retirement funds or even going into debt to support their aging parents.
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A US firm will monitor your kid's Facebook or MySpace site for a fee
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 2 million children in the United States who have no health insurance of any kind have at least one parent who gets employer-provided medical coverage, researchers said on Tuesday.
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More than 2 million children in the United States who have no health insurance of any kind have at least one parent who gets employer-provided medical coverage, researchers said.
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Your child is less likely to graduate from high school than you were, and most states are doing little to hold schools accountable, according to a study by a children's advocacy group.
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Police quietly wait by the front door of the small, brick suburban Atlanta home as investigators tell 48-year-old Lajuana Robinson, a mother of nine, "I'm going to have to put you in handcuffs."
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Frightening children with economic doomsday scenarios and other doses of 'reality' is out of line. Instead, assure them your family will weather any financial troubles together.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Educating parents on healthy lifestyle may help get their overweight children off the couch and moving more, a small study suggests.
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A Pakistani court has freed the parents of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy on bail a day after police raided an illegal wedding for the children.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents who want their preschoolers to eat their vegetables may need to take a hard look at their own eating habits, new research suggests.
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Children undergoing surgery at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario can now hold their mom or dad's hand as they're put under anesthesia instead of entering the operating room alone with medical staff.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The mother was running out of more than patience when she abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital over the weekend under Nebraska's safe-haven law. She was also running out of time: She knew that state lawmakers would soon meet in a special session to amend the ill-fated law so that it would apply to newborns only....
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Stop us if you've heard this one before... According to Page Six The Magazine, some Manhattan parents are so desperate to give their children a leg-up on their peers, they're sending them to Mandarin classes! (And Hindi! And French! And German!) Page Six's Jennifer Rose quotes a parent named Brett Hauser, who pays $395 for his 6-month-old son to take 10 sessions at The Language Workshop for Children saying, "Mandarin is the language of our future. With China poised to become the world's leading economy sometime this century, I'm doing the only responsible thing. It's like reading to your kid or making sure he gets all the right foods. I'm helping him prepare for his future. Thirty years from now these kids are going to be translating for all of us." The magazine calls this phenomenon "NYC's New Baby Talkers." Talkers, yes; new, no. readmore
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You probably have heard by now that the young daughters of Barack and Michelle Obama, the soon-to-be president and first lady, persuaded their parents to get a puppy when they move to the White House. Now Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, are reported to be researching breeds and other information for the...
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Nebraska mother seeks treatment for her troubled 12-year old-son.
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TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) -- A judge has told parents of two teenage girls removed from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound that they can have their children back if they sever ties with the community....
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When an aging parent needs caregiving, the children often need to take responsibility. But what happens when only one of many siblings steps up to the plate?
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CNN's Christine Romans reports on how to plan for your future and that of your aging parents.
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Young players are increasingly getting their "bells rung" in soccer, hockey and football, doctors said at a Hockey Canada seminar on concussions held Saturday in Winnipeg.
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Sherry Jones was driving her 13-year-old son, Malcolm, to school the other morning when he mentioned something about some kid he didn't like.
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Some children showing up in emergency rooms with overdoses of cough or cold syrup may have been intentionally medicated to keep them quiet, doctors cautioned on Thursday.
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Five parents whose children were sickened by tainted milk have been released by Chinese police after being detained for a day in an apparent move to prevent them from meeting with journalists, a lawyer said Saturday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- When drug makers made a surprise announcement this week that they no longer recommend cough and cold remedies for youngsters under 4, they didn't let on that it was the government's idea....
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A growing number of “eco-kids,” steeped in environmentalism, are holding their parents accountable.
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From golf lessons to falconry lessons and sailing and songwriting, the lowdown on the best vacations that teach tots, teens, and youngsters in between.
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The Catholic archdiocese of Dublin has told parents who panic when they discover their children drunk on alcohol or high on drugs not to "lose the head". In a booklet launched yesterday in the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Eibhlin Byrne, the archdiocese said it was offering a practical guide to assist worried parents.
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Mother-of-one Catherine O'Leary should be celebrating her 32nd birthday tomorrow, but instead her parents are bringing her home to die.
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Barack Obama and John McCain answer questions submitted by viewers aged 10 to 15.
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"Degrassi: The Next Generation"
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Not all breakfast cereals are nutritious and delicious. "Consumer Reports" deputy health editor Gayle Williams highlights some of the best and worst popular cereals on the market for kids.
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They may not be old enough to vote this year, but many American children have an opinion on the campaigns between Barack Obama and John McCain. Erica Hill gets the scoop from a group of 5th graders.
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Studies suggest a link between artificial food coloring and hyperactive behavior in children. Some experts are skeptical. Almost every parent has a story about their kid bouncing off the walls after downing a package of jelly beans or eating a neon blue-frosted cupcake at school. Most blame the sugar.
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A two-year-old girl dies in hospital after being struck by a van in Newry, County Down, police say.
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The nation's leading pediatricians group says children should get double the recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.
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America's leading pediatricians' group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.
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SEATTLE (AP) -- King County sheriff's deputies have accused the parents of a 14-year-old Carnation girl of withholding food and water such that the 4-foot-7 girl weighed only 48 pounds....
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