I am a parent to a 6-year-old son, going on 15, because he has an opinion about everything and ideas to change and improve constantly. So, one day we were having a conversation about countries, languages, customs, cultures, fat and thin people, dark and fair people, tall and short people,...

"It is world peace day on Sept. 21," I told my 6-year-old son.

"So," he asked?

"So, we pray for World peace on that day," I told him.

"Oh, mom, but we have to be peaceful on all days, just not Sept. 21," retorted my little boy and ran away...

I am a mother in India, and in November 2005 when I was pregnant and in my second trimester, I contracted Hepatitis A. The disease was fairly simple to manage and not life-threatening. Having easy access to quality health care, my life was pretty smooth, even though quite stressful. I...