More Abortions than Births in Russia

Since the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union in 1991, the life expectancy of Russians has decreased and poverty has increased.

One tragic side effect ...

Mother Passes Along Devotion to God

In the classic Broadway production Raisin in the Sun, an African-American mother struggles to keep two adult children on track. In one memorable scene, ...

Michael Jackson Wanted His Father's Love

After Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges, columnist Derrick Z. Jackson quoted the singer’s own words from a 2001 speech ...

Training Your Child in the Way He Shouldn't Go

Dads and sons going to a baseball game is virtually a rite of passage in America, a bonding time that lingers long in a son's memory. And dads don't ...

The Dangers in Daycare

Strangers, not parents, provide early childhood care.

A long-term government study has discovered "that kids who spend long hours in day care have ...

Adopted Orphan Given a New Life

Joyce Daugherty, a member of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, traveled to an orphanage in Donetsk, Ukraine, and it was there that she ...

Girl's Warning Saves Dozens from Tsunami

In Phuket, Thailand, Tilly Smith, a determined 10-year-old girl, saved her parents and dozens of fellow vacationers from the deadly tsunami because she ...

Research Shows Problem Drinking Starts Early

University of Buffalo researchers surveyed the drinking habits of 2,200 Americans, and found that the younger their subjects were when they had their ...

Newborns Desire to Be Held

In Time magazine, Jeffrey Kluger pointed out how newborn babies display the need for affection we all feel.

Of all the urges that drive us, it's the ...

Perfume Doesn't Transform Barbarians

In a TV commercial by one credit card company Capital One, a couple is making a purchase in a shopping center. When the clerk tells how much it will cost, ...