In a desperate parenting moment after dinner, I told my six-year-old, who was mid-meltdown, to “use your words!” He had just started yelling and hitting his eight-year-old sister because she wasn’t ...

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU TALKED IN 2000? Let’s go back to the year 2000. Y2K was freaking us all out, songs like ‘Smooth’ by Santana and ‘Say My Name’ by Destiny’s Child were topping the charts, and ...

Silly term or harmful slur? We asked kids and parents to tell us what the viral anti-robot word "clanker" means to them.

Kids listen. They might not seem like they're paying attention all the time, but they are tuned in to the words, phrases and tone their parents use. They carry those things with them throughout their ...

An analysis of the most searched slang terms reveals some words that may confuse you. That's kind of the point.

As a parent, and someone who pays close attention to social issues around gender, I think it's crucial that we make a conscious choice to arm all of our kids with timeless words that can give them ...

Across the country, parents are discovering that what their children bring home from school looks very little like what they once learned. It isn’t just math — reading lessons, writing expectations, ...

We take words for granted. They’re the most basic building blocks of stories, the names we call each other, the way we explain our love to one another. These four thoughtful picture books make words ...

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