It's been more than a decade since the release of Mean Girls, an influential high school comedy that helped make pre-tabloid Lindsay Lohan a star. Most kids today probably never have heard of the movie, much ...

In general, kids would rather have a pizza slice than a carrot stick; for years, schools have tried to figure out ways to get their elementary-age charges to eat more fruits and veggies. We've seen them institu...

We all know mothers can make a world of difference in their children's lives, but if a mother is suffering from depression that impact can be pretty negative. If a mom dealt with depression when her kids wer...

About half of youth ages 15 to 17 who died in car crashes were killed in cars more than a decade old, according to a study reported in the journal Injury Prevention. Furthermore, about a third of fatalities inv...

Some believe Urban Outfitters is idealizing unhealthy weight habits among girls and women, thanks to an ad that seemed to promote the notorious thigh gap. The ad, which featured a woman with skinny legs in b...

Young adults aren't saving much…but they're not all that worried about it. So says analysis from the online company LearnVest, which examined the spending habits and levels of confidence of 100,000 of its...

A little guilt can be a good thing for a kid, right? If children feel guilty about something, they might think twice about doing it again. According to a 12-year study, though, too many guilty feelings as a kid...

The more religious a teen is, the less likely he or she is to abuse drugs, according to a new study by the University of Florida. The study examined religious worldviews in particular, which obviously tend...

Parents sometimes get on teens' cases for sleeping through too much…if only that had been the case for 19-year-old Iga Jasica. Jasica unexpectedly woke up while doctors were trying to remove a tumor fr...

Grumpy Cat, the feline who rose to Internet fame because dwarfism gave her a cantankerous expression, has earned more than $100 million in the past two years—more than such celebrities as Gwyneth Paltrow ...