FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- A teenager accused of killing his parents with a hammer showed his friends thousands of dollars in cash before playing upbeat hos...
Political fights in Washington are done for the moment. We're on vacation now. We got to Bristol. My children are full of excitement. And it is time to play ball!
I've been annoying ever since my three daughters (current ages 23, 24, 28) were old enough to tell me so. How annoying am I now? Let me count the ways.
When students skip class, parents could be the ones punished -- as criminals. A new program in Marion County, Ind., which comprises 11 school distr...
One of Ezra's gifts is that he doesn't particularly care what's cool. He cares about things like Pixar movies and otters.
Just short of moving abroad ourselves, hosting an exchange student proved to be an unparalleled cultural education.
So much of the news and information directed at women these days seems determined to make us feel that our lives are somehow lacking. Not at HuffPost Women, which is designed to be a place where women can come to be informed, inspired, entertained, and celebrated.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A Florida teenager didn't believe his best friend when he said he was going to kill his parents. He had heard the threats bef...
If you've ever considered testing the limits of your mother's love, I highly recommend writing a memoir.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Almost two-thirds of U.S. shoppers plan to spend the same or less this back-to-school season as last year, a survey showed, i...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A 17-year-old boy is accused of bludgeoning his parents with a hammer, then hosting dozens of friends for a party while ...
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — A man killed his father and stepmother in western Pennsylvania, then tried to cover up the slayings with a story claiming t...
As our nation celebrated the importance of fathers this weekend, it's a good time to reflect on how we show them love in the policies we create.
Waste money on gasoline to run a power lawnmower that fouls the air with its fumes? You've got to be kidding. My dad uses a push mower on his lawn -- one previous owner, Benjamin Franklin.
I realized that a father's love and concern is timeless. All spiritual paths teach us the importance of honoring one's parents.
From the broadest demographics to the workings of a single household, it's hard to find relationships that have changed more than in the worlds of fathers and daughters. A pressing new question is: How well do you know your father?
Today, modern tweens have a footprint on Facebook, children have their own iPads, and teenagers hold study groups in chat rooms. How on earth is a parent expected to keep up with all of this?
School reform has been the flavor of the month for quite a few months now. However, what we have seen has not been discussion or debate about what constitutes sound reform, but rather debate by headline.
I'm sick of our media and government telling us how scared we should be, whether of violent crime or violent tornadoes or bogeyman terrorists overseas. My parents recognized the hard-won wisdom of FDR: the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
I can personally attest to the importance of a parent being invested -- perhaps even dogged, at times -- when it comes to their child's education.
It is undoubtedly the case that all our kids could use a good civics lesson, but the modern day James Madisons from the Tea Party who are vying for access to our schools are peddling ideological snake oil, not real history.
Rather than fight it, many parents have raised the white flag and allowed their underage children to drink at home. What's more, some parents, advertently or not, supply their kids with booze.
NEW YORK -- Cami Anderson has a big challenge. In her first press conference since being named the new superintendent of Newark, N.J.'s largely faili...
NEW YORK -- Ashley Moore never planned on moving back in with her parents. Nearly a year after graduating from college, Moore, 22, also never expe...
Teens heading off to college need to understand what it takes for them to succeed in life and how to make that happen. How can parents start this process?
