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Having children improves life satisfaction in people who are married, but not for those who are unmarried, researchers in Scotland found. Dr. Luis Angeles of the University of Glasgow said the finding challenges previous research that increasing numbers of children do not make people any happier, and in some cases the more children people have, the less satisfied they are with their lives. Read more...

I was out walking with my then 4-year-old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I asked her not to do that. "Why not?" she asked. "Because it's been laying outside, it's dirty and it probably has germs." At this point, she looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Wow! How do you know all this Read more...

You probably have heard that the parents in the reality series "Jon & Kate Plus 8" have decided to divorce. In a recent People magazine interview, Kate Gosselin described the reaction that her twin girls, both 8 years old, had when they were told about the divorce. She explained how both girls reacted differently to the news, with one calmly replying that she knew it was going Read more...

Men will tell you it takes an understanding wife to make a marriage work, and some females learn that earlier than others. One of those was a little girl who walked hand-in with a little boy to a neighbor's house and told the grandmotherly lady who answered the door, "We're playing house. This is my husband and I'm his wife. May we come in?" Thoroughly enchanted by the scene Read more...

A four year old girl was learning to say the Lord's Prayer. She was reciting it all by herself without help from her mother. She said, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some e-mail. Amen." Read more...

A woman is walking through the park with her toddler when the little girl picks something off the ground and starts to put it in her mouth. "Don't put that in your mouth," the mother says. "Why?" the child asks. "Because it has been lying on the ground and is dirty and probably has germs." "How do you know all this stuff, Mommy?" the child Read more...

Dear Dr. Betty, I'm very upset because my son has only been married for about six months and is ready to call it quits. He and his wife both have very bad tempers. There is much jealousy on her part because of things that happened before she came on the scene. What advice should I give him, or should I just let it go and stay out of it? They have a beautiful 19-month-old son and I don't want Read more...

A kindergarten teacher was observing his classroom of children while they were drawing. He would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As he got to one little girl who was working diligently, he asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God." The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like." Without missing a beat, Read more...

Of Jon Heller's three children, it was his youngest, 9-year-old Jonathan, who had the tough questions about finances. Young Jonathan would grow concerned about his dad after hearing the daily drone of doom and dread on financial-news networks over the last few months. "He started asking every night, 'Did the stocks go down again, Daddy?'" says Heller, a financial planner in Read more...

A listener called the disc jockey on the air at our radio station to ask about the upcoming lunar eclipse. "The eclipse can be seen at 1:30 in the morning," the DJ told her. "That late?" the listener snapped. "I don't know why they don't schedule these things earlier, so kids can enjoy them too!" Read more...