Across living rooms and group chats, parents are quietly bracing for the same holiday standoff: a shy kid, an eager ...

Two of my good friends had their first baby late this past year. From the get-go, Baby was a cuddly little girl. (Or, as her two moms say, "We assume she's a girl, but we won't know for sure until she ...

A deputy responded to the call and gave the much-desired hug, a video shows. But he also gave the young boy a lesson on how to use the emergency line properly. A child in Florida called 911 to ask a ...

NORMAL — For Antoinese Watson of Normal, reaching out to bullied teens isn't nice, it's necessary. "My cousin is (a local suicide victim's) sister," she said. "No child should feel they're all alone, ...

Girl Scouts of the USA has shared a reminder to parents that they shouldn't force their daughters to show affection to relatives this holiday season. The organization tweeted the reminder earlier this ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee -- A mother in Tennessee says her 5-year-old son with autism was punished at school for hugging. "I was sick to my stomach because first of all, don't you understand he's a ...