"New rule," my youngest son announced. "No shopping!" We were walking into Legoland, a trip the kids had been anticipating for months. "Are you sure?" my wife asked. "There are lots of Legos here." "Nope," he said. "It's a rule." I agreed with ...

Girls who dress or act like boys, and boys who act more feminine, may be more likely to be abused and end up with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a US study.

Efforts to tell children It Gets Better often focus on the gay, lesbian, and bisexual kids who are bullied at recess and at the dinner table. But a  new study shows that straight kids are persecuted in childhood, too—when they're perceived to be gay. And sometimes, the abuse comes from their own parents. The study, published in Pediatrics , charts the "clothing choice, activities, mannerisms ...