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“Toddlers are born assistants,” says Michaeleen Doucleff with NPR. Earlier this month, she contributed to NPR’s series on “How to Raise a Human” with an article about how to get kids to (willingly) do their chores. The key, she says, lies in that toddler instinct to help.

You may have heard the government has lost 1,500 kids who crossed the border illegally. That’s not really the case, and it misses the real outrage.

Parents today—especially in California—face really tough questions about their children’s education. One of them: Who do kids belong to?

The brilliant T.S. Elliot once observed that before we know what to do with something, we need to know what it’s for. That applies even to sex.

If your teen has a smart phone, please listen. I’ve got a warning for you, and then a suggestion that I don’t usually make.

A children’s book fair was shut down after the bookshop sponsoring the event was told to remove a book that featured gay characters.

Oliver Davis is a six-year-old Kansas boy with an important message for driving in winter weather.

Worldview training, outstanding teaching, and great fellowship—all prepare Colson Fellows for Kingdom work. Edgar Guitz did it. How ‘bout you?

While countries such as Iceland are aborting babies with Down Syndrome, a one-year-old from Georgia is the first child with Down syndrome to win the Gerber Spokesbaby contest.

<p><p>It’s a sad reality that children today are being innocent victims of the anger and frustration of other kids their age. The Internet, and new smartphones apps, have become new platforms for bullies to abuse and harass others, and it’s no surprise, due to the anonymity of many applications, that many bullies are never identified. Cyberbullying is a form of bullying that is almost invisible to parents, as no form of physical abuse is displayed. Regardless, the effects it can have on a child’s mental health can be devastating.<p>In most cases, children who are not prepared to confront such behavior feel threatened and helpless by a bully’s malicious behavior, especially when they protect themselves with the anonymity of the Internet. Help your children combat cyberbullying and its dramatic effects by teaching them easy safety measures and tactics.<p><p><span style="font-size:10px;"><em>Photo courtesy: &copy;Thinkstock/Daisy-Daisy</em></span></p>