A study suggests that disadvantaged teens may get more than an academic boost by attending top-notch high schools - their health may also benefit.

American teens are smoking less, drinking less and fighting less. But they're texting behind the wheel, a new U.S. study warns.

You hear the vicious word uttered between women: slut. But what exactly do girls mean when they throw that word around?

Critics are outraged, claiming a new toy doll "encourages eating disorders" and unhealthy eating patterns in children.

Want to go for coffee with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, gold medal Olympian Mark Tewksbury or Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau? Now you can.

He doesn’t want to be the pitchfork-waving, gun-threatening, curfew-enforcing father society’s come to know so well. In an open letter to his daughter, a U.S. writer urges his child to be her own person, discover what she loves and make some mistakes along the way.

Emerging research shows food can have a direct impact on mental health, warding off depression and helping to treat more serious disorders.

Millennials — or those 18 to 33 years old — are feeling the weight of the world on their shoulders, more so than Baby Boomers and even Canadians born in the Generation X time frame.

While adults have a pivotal role to play in cases of childhood bullying, expert speakers at a conference on the hot-button subject say kids and their peers are also vital in helping to put an end to the practice.

Five thousand times a week, young Canadians across the country reach out for help from Kids Help Phone. But the organization noticed an alarming trend: 73 per cent of kids who call for help are girls.