A young reader is earning kudos after 'fessing up to the Toronto Public Library in a handwritten note that he inadvertently damaged a borrowed book when he fell asleep while reading. “I am sorry that a page ripped when it fell out of my bunk when I fell asleep reading. It won’t happen again. I’ ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Every evening, 14-year-old Kim Sung-jin orders fried chicken, delivery pizza or Chinese food to eat in a small room in his family's home south of Seoul. He gorges on food as he chats before a live camera with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of teenagers watching. Th ...
An Australian researcher has completed a five-year study of various types of families and which are the most content — and the results might catch you off-guard. “What surprised me the most, I think, was that parents who identify as LGBT — as well as mothers of large families — were t ...
Good news for parents of children who either refuse to go to bed or have sleeping issues: A book called The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep promises to change that. While the book was published in April 2014, it’s recently skyrocketed in popularity, topping the Amazon bestseller list — a firs ...
You are about to squeeze into a long metal tube with other people for what sometimes feels like a lifetime. You will be shoulder to shoulder, knees to butt with strangers. It requires decorum. It requires thought. It requires that you make decisions based on the fact that every move you make affect ...
Parents who work “irregular” hours — unpredictable shifts for which they are called in or sent home with little notice, especially at night — can inadvertently lead to psychological or developmental fallout for their children, a new study from the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think ta ...
The family-entertainment giant announces long overdue upgrades to its least popular theme park in Florida. Walt Disney ( NYSE:DIS ) has been gutting Disney World's least-visited park , and on Saturday we got the first official glimpse into the replacements that will fill t ...
When my son got to middle school, he asked for his own computer. He insisted he needed it for school. We argued; at that point in his life, I felt that need was still debatable. I knew he really wanted one so he’d have unp Ester ed access to computer games. His school was then still carefully avoi ...
When things get a little too real in this grown-up world we live in, sometimes it’s nice to reminisce about a simpler time — childhood. You know, when watching Mr. Rogers was part of your morning routine, you shopped for a new Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper every August, and scoring a magic mushroom p ...
Popcorn is literally the best snack out there. It’s whole grain, low-cal and still gives you that satisfying chip-like crunch that everyone craves. But why stop at just salt and butter when you can get creative and deck out your crunchy corn? Here’s how. Disclaimer: Netflix binges will never be t ...