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We seem to be following the soft-parenting rulebook like an annoying front-bencher, yet we are scared and struggling. What ...

Believe it or not, teachers play an unparalleled role in the lives of children, but sadly they aren't given enough ...

Ms Jaslyn Ng wants her children to enjoy life's little luxuries, but more importantly, she wants them to do so with a sense ...

I can’t quite remember when a David Walliams book first entered our house, but I do remember my reaction. On the surface, it ...

Linda Martindale, a boys high school coach, mental fitness expert and mom to collegiate players, says college athletes have ...

When recruits were repeatedly punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, ...

After months of delay, one wife refused to drive her husband to a colonoscopy he inconveniently scheduled right before the ...

Consistently poor spelling can indicate that a child has dyslexia or another related learning challenge. If that's masked by ...

Chandler acknowledges that little or non-existent spelling instruction puts children with an existing or emerging learning ...

The pair did experience some surprises along the way, however. “We don’t have any kids in our family, so we had to do ‘work ...

In accordance with a new state bill, Gaston County Schools approved an updated cellphone/wireless device policy. It goes into ...