How to spruce up a broke family Christmas
It's beginning to look a lot like a tight Christmas.

Michelle Obama's family agenda
President-elect Barack Obama littered his campaign with evidence that he would push a family-friendly agenda of expanded aid for child care, more flexible workplaces and better health care.

Stat: Kids in poverty hear 32 million fewer words
The power of poverty is depressing and its effects show up early, with children in low-income families exposed to far fewer words, an education group reports.

Children's books that won't make you hurl
By Tegan Tigani

Older dads have their own biological clocks
Can you hear it? Men's biological clocks are ticking louder than ever.