With college finals on the horizon, students across the nation are looking for anything to help give them that extra edge to succeed. Rather than give them the run-of-the-mill care packages, candies or coffee gift cards, why not give them a taste of home to show support from loved ones? One retailer offering a dose [...]

Actress Holly Robinson Peete wants what any mother wants for her kids – a future in which they’re safe and genuinely loved long after she is gone. Most parents can assume their children will find that, one way or another. For Peete and her 14-year-old son, R.J., who has autism, that’s no guarantee. “As a [...]

Baseball is one of the safest sports for high school boys to play, according to data from the Center for Injury Research & Policy. The injury rate is .11 per 100,000 participants. So what do the numbers say about injuries to kids younger than high school age who participate in sports? Nothing. A comprehensive list [...]

If U.S. birth rates – declining steadily since 2007 – stay at their current level, the average woman is expected to give birth to exactly 1.9 children in her lifetime. And until we figure out how to raise 90 percent of a child, we’re going to focus on that first number: 1. Only children are [...]

School was just letting out when we heard the sirens. Cell phones and Facebook lit up, and within minutes everybody in our small town knew three 11th-grade girls had crashed their car in a dogwood-lined neighborhood acrossfrom the school. As stunned students stood nearby, a medical helicopter landed in the school parking lot to transport [...]

Judging from recent news cycles, we are swiftly closing in on the Age of Endless Adolescence. Last week began with a photo of a middle-age man in a tub with two wine glasses beside him. Everyone thought it was another Cialis ad. It turned out to be GSA Chief Jeffrey Neely childishly blowing through hundreds [...]

A fellow in West Virginia asks, “My wife and I need to agree concerning our children. She sees things one way, and I see things a completely – and I mean COMPLETELY – different way. How can we get on the same page?” This is certainly the most serious and common of child-rearing problems. I [...]

Now you can give your kids an all-natural version of the classic treat. YumEarth Naturals All Natural Sour Beans contain no artificial colors or flavors, are gluten-, nut-, and dairy-free, and have a mouth-puckering taste that our kid testers loved. YumEarth Naturals, $6 for a pack of ten 0.7-ounce bags. 2012, FamilyFun. Visit them at [...]

Moms are fighters. They struggle everyday to create a safe and peaceful place for their families in a chaotic world. If you have a mom or a wife who works herself to the bone for your family, make her feel beautiful with a beautiful Mother’s Day gift from the Sulu Collection. Sulu Collection offers a [...]

At Care.com, founder and CEO Sheila Marcelo is considered a role model: She started the company while raising two young boys, Ryan and Adam. Five years and two office expansions later, it employs more than 100, many of whom are fellow working moms. Executives-by-day/mothers-by-morning-noon-and-night are leading companies across the country. Between conference calls and teacher [...]