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One in five American moms have kids who have different birth fathers, a new study shows. And when researchers look only at moms with two or more kids, that figure is even higher: 28 percent have kids with at least two different men.

Old-fashioned allowance had its place, but can it actually do more harm in today’s society than good? We look at why creating jobs at home for kids to earn money is better than the “pay up” mentality of just a few years ago. Here are five great consequences that can come from the experience of having kids, at any age, earn their keep.

Johnson & Johnson is revamping the troubled unit that makes Tylenol and giving it new leadership in an effort to fix quality problems that have prompted multiple recalls, according to people familiar with the matter.

If you are worried about your child and ADHD, it might be time to ditch the gummy bears and other colorful treats. This week an FDA advisory panel will decide whether available data links artificial food dyes and the disorder.

A lot of that so-called kids’ fare comes jam-packed with the sort of social commentary and double entendres that only improve with age.

As a publisher I appreciate a provocative headline. A good hook is more important than ever in our link-and-like economy. But I bristled at the sexist assumption in the title of Daniel Freedman’s March 16th column, “Do Women Need to Act Like Men on Wall Street?” and I thought: will men in our culture ever catch a break?

A pediatricians’ group now says that toddlers shouldn’t move to a forward-facing seat until at least age 2.

According to David Bach, personal finance expert and author of bestsellers like Debt Free For Life, the biggest mistake parents make is not saying "no." They grant their children's every wish or cave in after they've already established rules or budgets.

A Pennsylvania mother has decided she does not want her two children to take the two-week-long standardized tests given by her state as part of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

It was one of those moments that you feel, rather than see, in excruciating, punishing slow motion: Four-month-old Tyler Glowacz fell from his bouncer, which was on the kitchen table, and landed on the ceramic floor. "I was only a couple of feet away, but his bouncer was on the table and he wasn't strapped in. Stupid mistake -- I know," admits his mom, LuAnn, of Austin, Texas.