By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY Make-believe is more than child's play. It's crucial to the development of creativity, empathy, learning and problem-solving, but it's being squeezed out of the lives of m[...]

By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY Sexual predators are using gaming consoles such as the Wii, PlayStation and Xbox to meet children online. "Child predators are migrating from traditional methods to alternat[...]

BALTIMORE - Ta-Nehisi Coates is standing in the living room of the red brick row house where he grew up. With him is his father, Paul, and half-brother, Damani. They're laughing about the good old day[...]

Parents in all income brackets have the shaky economy on their minds, but in this spendy era of the $900 baby stroller and the ultra-birthday party, are they resisting the urge to splurge on their kid[...]

 By Justin Pope, Associated Press The credit crunch has driven dozens of lenders out of the student loan market. But a number of new websites are trying to sidestep the traditional players, [...]