With the new school year comes the return of homework assignments which can be stressful on students AND parents. Now a new study may help explain some of that stress. According to a study by The American Journal of Family Therapy, students in the early elementary school years are being assigned significantly more homework than […]

Prom season has given teens the chance to reenact their favorite looks from celebrities or, in some cases, take pride in looks connected to racism.…

Students preparing to take the SAT: your prayers have been answered. Say good-bye to required essays, penalties for wrong answers and uncommon vocabulary words like “prevaricator”…

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Everybody knows that late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel pulls some of the best pranks seen on television. need we remind you about the…

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  According to TMZ, Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus who won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics — says her husband tried to strangle her and threatened…

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  Considering that Samuel L. Jackson is an actor who is mostly known for cussing and playing bad guys in every film he’s in, it’s…

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  According to  Radaronline.com Amanda Bynes’s parents Rick & Lynn are worried that their out of control daughter may be suffering from schizophrenia, and have begged her to seek professional help.…

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  As we previously reported, Kobe Bryant and his mother Pamela Bryant have been at odds over memorabilia from Kobe’s youth and early career that…

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  Hey Kobe’s mom wasn’t shooting jumpers in the gym! Oh, wait that probably doesn’t apply here huh? Alright well we digress, but now it makes sense. As…

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This is why we ain’t free! A man from Brooklyn, New York is suing his parents for $200,000 because he says they didn’t love him…

A new survey of African-American youth has found that almost half report considerable pressure to have sex. The results, which were derived from the answers of 1,500 youth ages 13-21, will be featured in the October issue of ESSENCE magazine, out on newsstands today. “I was elated that Essence, a secular Black magazine, choose to […]

Harvard University child obesity expert Dr. David Ludwig’s recent claim that some parents should lose custody of their severely obese children has sparked outrage among families and professionals across the country. The national outcry led one family to share how its personal experience with the matter damaged their lives. The Hard Cold Facts About Snacks […]