Fifty-one buses from Falcon District 49 in El Paso County drove north to the state Capitol today in an effort to send a message to state legislators about education cuts.

Police have located the family of a toddler who was found alone in the dark in northeast Denver by a passerby who was out walking his dog just before 6 a.m. in the area of Manual High School, 1700 E. 28th Ave..

WASHINGTON — After staunchly defending the safety of artificial food colorings, the federal government is for the first time publicly reassessing whether foods such as Jell-O, Lucky Charms cereal and Minute Maid lemonade should carry warnings that the bright artificial colorings in them worsen behavior problems such as hyperactivity in some children.

I had the opportunity to talk with medical economist, healthcare policy expert and former Denver resident J.D. Kleinke about his newly released novel Catching Babies. This book is sure to create some buzz as it confronts issues such as unnecessary c-sections, the uninsured, birth trauma, the flight to homebirth and the rampant rise in post [...]

While a trip to Disney World is an event that is celebrated by most children, for 9-year-old Ann, it was an ordeal to be tolerated.
She became anxious and started to sweat whenever she was in a crowded area. Ann refused to go on most of the rides. She was reluctant to eat food that was [...]

Paying your kids for good grades is like paying them to grow and learn and you can’t put a price on that. The hard work that goes into getting good grades is a hard-earned life lesson.
Kids learn accountability and responsibility from their grades; good or bad. In most cases, grades are a direct reflection of [...]

At Jeremiah Gregg’s grandmother’s house in Kansas, 25 or so chickens would mill about the yard as the kids helped pull weeds in the garden.
The Highlands Ranch resident looks back fondly on those childhood memories and wanted to give his own kids the same experience. So two weeks ago, Gregg and his family became the [...]

NEW YORK—The popular children’s television network Nickelodeon is the latest voice to raise awareness of digital bullying.

CHICAGO — Add “Facebook depression” to potential harms linked with social media, an influential doctors group warns, referring to a condition it says may affect troubled teens who obsess over the online site.

Twenty-three second-graders file into Virginia Edwards’ technology classroom at Grant Ranch School, take a seat at their iMacs, pull on headphones and launch a program whose graphics and audio prompts teach them crucial keyboarding skills.
Gradually, the staccato tapping of their fingers will supplant the graceful curves of what once stood as an academic rite of [...]