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A crying baby can cause tons of stress and sleepless nights for parents. So, when they figure out a magical key to soothing the little monster when it starts to fuss, that's a big deal indeed — even if it's something as unlikely as bombastic as the 'Star Wars' theme.

There are some obvious pitfalls for those children with bad teeth, including self-esteem issues, poor quality of life, and uncontrollable pain. However, a new study suggests that kids walking around with busted-out, rotten grills may actually suffer more academically.

"Way to go, Dan. Way to make a baby boy cry on live television." Yeah, good job Dan. We especially like how once the baby starts to cry his impulse is to run awaaaaaayy, and then later to cheer the crying kid up with a bit of song and dance.

Parents of a 5-year-old autistic boy are upset with their son’s school because, they say, the staff refused to feed him lunch due to an unpaid bill and left him to finish out the remainder of the day hungry.

Teenagers attending hundreds of schools across Britain are now being watched by Big Brother every time they use the toilet.

The most popular baby names for 2012 for boys and girls have been released. The ranking of popularity is based on a single spelling of a name, for instance, Sophia and Sofia are considered two different names. The list is published by The Baby Center where mothers to be can get answers to questions about pregnancy. The center also gives advice on babies, toddlers, preschoolers even diet tips for c

Prying your children away from their video game consoles and getting them to play outside for an hour might be somewhat of a task, but a new study suggests that all you have to do is keep them active for seven minutes to keep them healthy and physically fit.

Detergent companies have come out with a new “detergent pod” for doing laundry. The one time use clothing cleaners are designed to reduce spills and bulky bottles but have dangerous side effects, too. It seems children are mistaking the brightly colored pods for candy or a teething toy and ingesting them.

After a long, hard summer of chasing after kids, there's no better time for parents than the first day of school. As proof, check out this mom who literally dances in the street as her grumpy kids board a bus to start a new school year. Go mom!

Katie Couric's new daytime show, 'Katie,' starts today. Maybe if we get all of this out of our systems, she'll have a smooth run. Or maybe it will just be wacky zoom city all over the place. Either way, sounds entertaining to us. Hopefully there won't be as many swear words as there are in some of these bloopers we found. Although, again, either way sounds entertaining to us.

A-B-C...easy as 1-2-3...or simple as Do-Re-Mi... The Jackson 5 had it right when they said learning is easy. Even easier when children are exposed to music and learning about it. The studies have shown that by playing a musical instrument