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If you're planning to dip back into the nostalgia zone with your kids, be prepared to discuss issues like sexual assault and consent when they come up.

For kids with special needs, video games can offer opportunities to practice everything from communication skills to organization.

More and more young people are embracing this idea and identifying as gender-fluid, and there are a handful of apps and games to reflect their experiences.

It's understandable if you don't feel like putting on a happy face every day and keeping your kids optimistic about the future. But don't give up.

Eight ideas to make your device more usable for kids with special needs.

Though it's best to start encouraging kids to be lifelong learners when they're little, it's never too late.

Getting kids off their devices is so tough... threatening doesn't work... two-minute warnings aren't the best option either.. what can you do?

The idea of media literacy may not seem to mix with the fun of TV and movies. But when kids relate to the content, they're more engaged...

Learn how what you post on social media can hurt — and help — the admissions process.

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