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Chicago school closings: Students head back to school and crowded classesChicago Public Schools prepare to welcome students back to school this week, despite the closing of 50 schools and layoffs of 1,500 teachers in response to a projected $1 billion deficit forecast for 2014.
Librarian tries to ban reading champ from contest; Can a kid read too much?Users of social media lashed out against the Hudson Falls, N.Y. library director this week for suggesting that a 9-year-old boy be banned from a reading contest for hogging the title.
The rise of America's 'big babies': young adults living with parentsAmerica's young adults are increasingly living with their parents, Pew Research data shows.聽
Georgia school 911 call: 'We're not gonna hate you, baby'The 911 call from a Georgia school standoff was released. The Georgia school 911 call shows how one employee, school bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff, responded to a 20-year-old man armed with a AK-47 style rifle.聽
Epic Georgia Tech convocation speech breaks moldVideo of Georgia Tech sophomore welcoming incoming freshman with rousing speech accompanied by "2001:A Space Odyssey" theme reaches 1.8 million hits.
Lessons from a family on the road: Travel makes the heart grow fonderThe Toupin family gears up to head home after a month-long trip across the country. The highlight of the trip: just being together.
Back to School: 7 rules for starting the school year off right To start the year off right, pay careful attention to the following:
LinkedIn's new college info for high schoolers an A+ resource if teens tap inLinkedIn lowered the minimum age for registration to 14-years-old and added college information on the site's new University Pages.聽Professional networking is not just for grown ups any more.聽
Claude Debussy composed only in the company of his childhood porcelain frogClaude Debussy's "Clair De Lune," featured in today's Google doodle, was composed like all of his pieces in the presence of his favorite childhood toy 鈥� a porcelain frog.聽
On love and respect: reflections from an empty nestSending kids to college can raise feelings of loneliness for empty nesters, but can also be a time to reflect on, and reap the rewards of, parenting successes.
Average cost to raise a child: $241,000 sounds lowThe USDA calculates it costs $241,000 to raise a child in the US, but their charts and graphs and numbers crunchers don't capture the essence of real parenting.
Brazilian app similar to teenager-location trackers used to stalk boyfriendsA Brazilian app similar to many teenager location monitoring programs was removed from Google's app store because it was being marketed as a way to track boyfriends and lead to privacy complaints.聽
How to get children to read? Embrace the e-bookDespite fears digital literacy could overshadow children's reading skills, studies show that kids are delving into the literary world more than ever through eBooks, electronic readers, and audio books.
Over 55 and in love: Seniors make up 8 percent of wedding businessCouples age 55 and older made up just 8 percent of last year's $53 billion wedding business. But that number has doubled since 2002.
Should parents supervise kids' online activity?As kids expand their social circles online, many parents are tempted to monitor their online activities and interactions. One child advocate suggests that parents would do well to let kids hold onto some level of privacy.
A pope, Tim Tebow, Georgia hero, Michele Bachmann: Unashamedly hearing GodWhen ex-Pope Benedict says "God told me to do it," he doesn't sound that much different than Tim Tebow, Michele Bachmann, and this week's Georgia school-shooting hero who prayed as she deflected a tragedy. How to take it seriously.聽
A bittersweet college send-off leaves parents with an empty nestEmpty nesters sending kids to college experience a fog of nostalgia when they walk into their child's empty room after dropping them off at university. Hopefully, that fog will soon lift.聽
The pros and cons of online anonymityOnline anonymity brings a sense of security to some, but can also help to protect cyberbullies.
Addressing cyberbullying: Offering support may help more than taking controlWhen kids report incidents of cyberbullying, parents might do well to dig deeper into the situation and try to avoid reacting reflexively.
How to have 鈥榯he talk鈥� with your teen 鈥� about tanning beds and body imageAlmost 30 percent of white American teens have used tanning beds. Here鈥檚 how to talk body image with your tan-seeking daughter.
