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Robots have kind of a mixed rep. From loveable, cuddly characters to cold killing machines, it's clear we have some ambivalence about what it means to have this kind of technology in our lives and on the horizon. While I personally have a strange affection for robots, I can see how others are raising...

This is one of those stories that spreads like wildfire: the latest in-depth study reveals that kids in daycare are more likely to be problem kids when they reach elementary school. I have a tendency to raise a Spock-like eyebrow at such studies; even a layman like me can look at the data and wonder...

The thousand-dollar question today: what would you do if your son's high school called you and said that your honor student was guilty of hacking the school grading system and raising 19 students' grades? Ryan C. Shrouder of Cooper City, Florida is mired in precisely that Mess-O'-Potamia after taking...

Some parents have a shady past. It might be as frivolous as a cocaine bust back in the swingin' Reagan 80s, or as sad as a 26-year string of convictions for driving drunk. But what if the parents' crime is a sex crime? That poses an interesting dilemma when it comes time for said parent to attend school...