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French gay marriage plans stir parenthood debate
The French are all for sex and all for family — so long as you're having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a ...
Applegate wins Newbery; Klassen takes Caldecott
Katherine Applegate's "The One and Only Ivan" won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding book of 2012, while Jon Klassen's "This Is Not My Hat" ...
Foreign adoptions by Americans decline again
The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents fell by 7 percent last year, to the lowest level since 1994, and is likely to plunge further ...
Changing family dynamic may lead to tax relief
Members of the sandwich generation — caught between supporting elderly parents whose assets are nearly exhausted and adult children without jobs — ...
Obama girls to hit teen milestones in White House
That's how it goes with kids. You hardly notice how fast they're growing up, then suddenly big sis is nearly as tall as Mom and the little one is a ...
Study: Parental support sends down college GPA
Parents who are footing more of the college tuition bill for their children give them a better chance of graduating. But a surprising new study finds ...
Will longer school year help or hurt US students?
Did your kids moan that winter break was way too short as you got them ready for the first day back in school? They might get their wish of more ...
Gay marriage protest converges on Eiffel Tower
Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's ...
Review: Book sheds light on traditional societies
"The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?" (Viking), by Jared Diamond What if, in trying to figure out the best way ...
Mom goes viral with son's phone code of conduct
Janell Burley Hofmann honored her 13-year-old son's "maturity and growth" at Christmas with his first iPhone, but it came with strings attached.
Malala's father given diplomatic role in UK
The father of a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban for advocating girls' education has been given a diplomatic post in the U.K.
SeaWorld files to go public with $100 million IPO
Looks like Shamu may soon be making a splash in the stock market. The company famous for water shows featuring killer whales, dolphins and other ...
Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money
The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: ...
Conn. woman: Why did I survive '11 Christmas fire?
Since the fire at her Connecticut home on Christmas Day of last year that took the lives of her three daughters and her parents, Madonna Badger has ...
'Parental Guidance' unites Crystal, Midler
After nearly 30 years of friendship and shared tastes in movies, music and comedy, Billy Crystal and Bette Midler have finally taken it to the next ...
Review: Parental Guidance tolerable if uninspired
The schmaltz is piled on thick, and if the comedy were any broader it would require an Imax screen, but still there's something touching about how ...
"Sandy Claus" delivers toys to storm-stricken kids
From his toy-cluttered Brooklyn apartment, the man in the red suit was making his list and checking it twice. But he made no distinction between ...
Russian FM against any ban on US adoptions
Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday strongly criticized a proposal in the country's parliament that would ban Americans from adopting Russian ...
After Newtown, indulgences from grateful parents
There's snow on the ground in Londonderry, N.H., nearly 200 miles to the north of the still-raw slaughter at a Connecticut elementary school, and dad ...
New data: Child abuse drops for 5th straight year
Reports of child abuse and neglect have dropped nationwide for the fifth consecutive year, and abuse-related child fatalities also are at a five-year ...
Wiz Khalifa readies music, marriage, fatherhood
Rapper Wiz Khalifa says preparation for becoming a first-time father and husband has helped put him in a more mature musical state of mind. But that ...
There arose such a clatter over pipe-free Santa
Santa has kicked the habit in time for Christmas. No, not the sugar plum habit, or his fur-wearing habit, or his penchant for romping recklessly ...
Government investigating makers of cellphone apps
The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting ...
NJ teen wants Easy-Bake Oven to appeal to boys
Four-year-old Gavyn Boscio loves to cook and asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. But when his big sister went to buy one, she discovered to her ...
Amazon launches Kindle content service for kids
Amazon is launching a subscription service for children's games, videos and books aimed at getting more kids to use its Kindle Fire tablet devices.