What’s the Safest Room? If You’re Bacteria, It’s the Kitchen

All the hand-washing in the world may not be a match for the germs and viruses lurking on household surfaces. The kitchen remains the source of the most germy surfaces, with kitchen cloths and sponges the biggest source of bacteria, followed by sink faucets.

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Do You Know Where Your Teen Goes at Night?

Teens are up late not just focusing on homework. Web surfing, text messaging and gaming are keeping them up for hours, and it’s these multitaskers most likely to doze off during the day.

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Props for Parenting Down the Line

Positive parenting including warmth, monitoring children’s activities, involvement, and consistency of discipline–has positive impacts on adolescents well into their own adulthood.

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Can’t Beat the Stress? Try Working on Your Reaction to It

Fight or flight is a natural reaction to stressors, but for humans it doesn’t have to be the only one. You can learn to experience a restful response - a mind-body state that is as natural as the stress response, but infinitely more peaceful and healing.

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Go Outside and Play

Time in nature can help prevent obesity and encourage physical activity, at no cost. Getting kids outdoors can improve our nation's mental health too. Plus, kids who spend time outdoors reap the benefits of greater school readiness, creativity, self-sufficiency, and confidence.

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Say Goodnight to Midnight Snacking

Eating at irregular times -- the equivalent of the middle of the night for humans, when the body wants to sleep -- influences weight gain, a new study has found.

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It’s a Crime to Be Careless About Safety

Should you spend your money on a home security system? These thirteen tips - from an actual former burglar - could make all the difference in your home.

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