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All her life, Nicole Ayala has heard "the question." It started in elementary school when friends noticed her Japanese-American mom and her Mexican-American dad dropping her off in the parking […]

How to help your classroom loners make friends Jackie is a quiet first grader who loves to draw and read. Although she's friendly and occasionally looks like she wants to [...]

When kids want to watch TV, many of them head to their bedrooms. Almost two thirds of kids ages 10 to 14 have a television in their room, according to […]

Back away from that dinosaur! Forget checking out fossils during the school day. Some schools are eliminating, or getting rid of, field trips. Principals and teachers at those schools say [...]

Get ready to make a tough call! Some people say it's time to rethink how kids refer to adults. They say calling a grown-up Mr. or Ms. followed by his [...]

How many hot dogs can you eat in 10 minutes? The current competitive eating champion can scarf down 68! Don't start practicing just yet, though. A group in Taiwan is [...]

A decision in Palm Bay, Fla., has some people up in arms. School officials there recently suspended a student for violating, or disobeying, the school's no-hugging policy. Supporters of the [...]

A new rule could soon crop up on farms across the United States. Officials with the U.S. Department of Labor recently proposed a law that would ban children younger than [...]

My friend Claudia's dad is in the military. He just got called to serve overseas for a few months. Claudia is really sad and worried about his safety. What should [...]

Boo! Kids may have more to fear this Halloween than ghosts and goblins. Some cities across the United States have set age limits for trick-or-treating. Officials in towns such as [...]

When your mom is a doctor, she gets to answer a lot of your health questions. That is the case for Andrea and Julia Ditkoff of Scarsdale, N.Y. Their mom, [...]

In issue 11, we asked whether kids should be allowed to have Mohawks in school. Here's what you had to say. Schools should not ban Mohawks. We've been taught not [...]

Some kids may see graffiti as art, but parents in Los Angeles may soon see it as a pain in the pocketbook! Local officials in the California city recently passed [...]

In March, Fu Le Wei (foo luh way), 11, watched news reports of protests taking place in Tibet from his home in Beijing, China. A demonstration against Chinese rule had [...]

Iceland recently launched a sea of controversy. The island nation is considering whether to start hunting whales. The country's leaders say Icelanders may hunt about 100 whales this summer. Iceland [...]

In issue 17, we asked whether kids younger than 14 should drive ATVs. Here's what you had to say. Kids under 14 should be allowed to drive ATVs. Companies make [...]

I went to my friend Scott's house after school, and his older brother asked us whether we wanted to watch an action movie he had rented. Scott thought it was [...]

Nine-year-old Luke from Florida has some advice for the next president of the United States. 'Please make world peace and stop world hunger,' he says. Luke is one of hundreds [...]

How to encourage students to think of others Children have an innate capacity for kindness. But like all abilities, these instincts must be cultivated in an environment that names, nurtures, […]