Even with housemaids, should kids help with chores?
For the fear of damaging their relationship with their children, parents may be reluctant to involve them in household chores. They may even feel guil
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Failure to Lunch
For 11 years, June Jo Lee, an ethnographer, has been travelling the country, talking to Americans about how they eat. She has often been in offices, o
Kids and make-up: The right age to begin
Make-up often represents a girl’s eagerness and excitement to be known as a ‘grown-up,’ and explore her attractiveness to peers. For
Should a parent’s influence affect a child’s future?
Research – and common sense – has shown that parents matter a lot in the lives of their children, especially in their adolescent years, wh
Social disparity between rich and poor kids
There are many compounding differences between kids who do well later in life and those who face great obstacles. Dealing with threats like this can c