Filed under: Weird but true, Toys & games It's such a shame that, after 50 years, yet another Barbie boycott is on the horizon. Sure, generations of parents have refused to forgive the doll's blatant disregard for real women's figures. But here's one lawmaker in West Virginia ready to take the b...

Filed under: Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Teens & tweens, Fun & activities, Media Being a parent often involves sitting through -- and pretending to enjoy -- some really bad movies. Space Chimps and High School Musical 3 come immediately to mind. But until the kids are old enough to go to the movies...

Filed under: Kids 8-11, Weird but true, Toys & games Remember that Fisher Price baby doll that everyone got all freaked out about late last year? The one that was supposed to just coo and giggle but actually said something that sounded an awful lot like "Islam is the light?" Well, apparently tha...

Filed under: Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Education Ever since she learned to hold a pencil, Ellie has been fascinated by cursive writing. She loves the loops and curves of script writing and works hard at perfecting the art. In the past, all of this writing practice has been done at home because it was not...

Filed under: Just for moms, Money & work When I was growing up, I knew very few kids who had moms working outside the home. With the exception of a few girls with divorced parents (also rare), just about everybody I knew came home to a full-time mother who relied solely on her husband to support...

Filed under: Teens & tweens, Weird but true It seems that temptation got the better of a Mason City, IA, high school student when he spotted some brownies in the school cafeteria. I don't know if he didn't have any money or what, but rather than purchase the snack, Trey Richey stole it. And scho...

Filed under: Just for moms, Weird but true You would probably assume that a mom who reads parenting books is serious about raising her kids well. That would generally be correct, but not in this case. Callie Rough, 37, did indeed show an interest in a parenting "how-to" called 101 Ways to Be a Great...

Filed under: Just for moms, Health & safety, Eating & nutrition, Medical conditions Ladies, when you look at yourself in the mirror, what kind of fruit do you see? Is your body shaped more like an apple or a pear? If you tend to carry fat through your hips and thighs, you are a pear. You are...

Filed under: Health & safety, Mealtime, Shopping & recalls The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of about 95,000 Evenflo Majestic High Chairs. The plastic caps and metal screws located on both sides of the high chair can become loose and fall out. This poses bo...

Filed under: Kids 8-11, In the news, Alcohol & drugs, Education Ask a nine-year-old what drugs are and you are likely to hear things like cigarettes, marijuana, even alcohol. But I think you would be hard-pressed to find a kid - or an adult - who would categorize Vitamin C as a drug. Unless you ...