Parents of teens, be careful! If you are accustomed to winning in debates by means of suppressing your child's opinion, he or she will not be able to defend his/her opinion in other situations. Full story

You shouldn't have smiled, seeing this headline. In fact, the mission of the pregnant woman's brain is the most noble one: it only remembers what it really needs at this period of the future mother's life. Full story

While a visit to the wildest section of a zoo can be frightening for some kids, a New Zealand kid has proved to the Internet that “little” doesn’t necessarily mean “easily scared.” The video of her confronting a lion at the Wellington Zoo earned her the title of “the world’s littlest lion tamer.” Full story

When it became clear that a young Englishwoman had got pregnant again despite taking the contraceptive pill, the doctors decided that she simply had not followed the instructions as for taking it. But she became pregnant again and again, though she had referred to a more reliable method of intrauterine spiral. Full story

A British midwife had to deliver without assistance. The birth of her child began three weeks before the scheduled time. The incident occurred with Claire Clarke-Wood, a worker of Croydon University Hospital. Full story

Working mothers have better health and are less prone to depression, as evidenced by the new study conducted in the University of North Carolina. Full story

A new trailer for the movie "What to Expect when Expecting a Child" proves that pregnancy is not an easy process. The first thing, which comes to your mind, is the initial phrase of one of the heroines, saying that "it sucks" and that now she "most of all wants to smash her husband's face!" Full story

J.R. Martinez has good reasons to remember the year 2011! Not only has he pocketed the Dancing with the Stars mirror ball, but also he has a child on the way with his girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones! Full story

The Maines twins were born identical boys, but before long their lives swerved apart so drastically that now they are living as brother and sister. Full story

A Berlin family has experienced "a major addition". The baby, who was born last weekend, weighs 6 kg (13,2 lbs). The delivery was a trial not only for the mom, but for the doctors as well. It is the first time in Germany that such a big baby has been born without a caesarean section. Full story

John Travolta was excited when his 47-year-old wife, Kelly Preston, got pregnant again last year. But it turns out that the actress is not the only one, who decided to challenge nature. Full story

On November 15, a 10-year-old mother gave birth to a baby weighing 1.5 kg after 31 weeks of pregnancy. The girl had taken to hospital with contractions and potential life-threatening complications. The girl gave birth to the baby via a cesarean section. Full story

American scientists have linked teenagers' aggressiveness to the amount of soda they drink. Sarah Salnick and her colleagues from the University of Vermont in the USA have surveyed more than 1.8 thousand schoolchildren aged 14 to 18 years. Full story

Israeli scientists have found that motherhood so strongly influences a woman's body that it even partially changes some of the brain functions. Full story

There are so many things to keep track of when a woman is pregnant that it's hard to keep track of everything that needs to get done, purchased and arranged for. As far as shopping goes, you know that you need a crib, toys, diapers, baby clothes etc. but you may not have put a lot of thought into baby changing stations. Full story

A new study conducted by British and American scientists shows that those women, who have been facing stress at work or in their personal life before pregnancy, are more likely to give birth to a girl rather than a boy. Full story

Clearly Amber Miller, 27, didn’t consider her pregnancy a good enough reason not to participate in a marathon race – and may have even found it to be an additional stimulation to win. The fact that she was 39 weeks into pregnancy proved no deterrent either. Full story

Adolescents are now reaching puberty at an earlier age. Manufacturers of underwear know about it. So, one of the British producers of lingerie for women presented a bra model for 9-year-old girls. Full story

According to the researchers, fit parents can often pass on to their children special genes that will make them slim, too. The probability of a child being born thin is three times bigger in such a family. Full story

An infant weighing 7.3 kg was born in July 2011 in the USA. The birth by caesarean section took place in Longview Clinic, Texas. Full story

The idea broached by Lady Gaga to work out new anti-bullying laws in response to the tragic death of Jamey Rodemeyer, a New York schoolboy who committed suicide last week, have been seconded strongly by singer Ricky Martin. Full story

The time that teenagers spend in social networks increases the risk of smoking among them, a study of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University says. Full story

Sperm bank people are the ones who know, and they are going to stop accepting sperm donations from redheads as the least demanded ones. Full story

The "Scooby-Doo" cartoon was recognized as the healthiest of all children's programs on English TV. Full story

Keeping mum is a costly game or moms and dads, as the findings of a recent study commissioned by Sheila’s Wheels reveal. British parents have been found to be paying a hefty yearly sum to their offspring to avoid leaking of something they would rather conceal. Full story