As busy as the school year is, it's still no time to let kids forget the importance of making a difference. There are plenty of simple ways to involve kids in the community when they're not in class.

As teens head back to the classroom this fall, they'll be assigned a lot of homework in the three "Rs": reading, writing, and arithmetic. Important to students' success will be the homework parents do in teaching two other "Rs": role modeling and responsibility.

With a click of the mouse, lifelong historians and those who just caught the history bug are taking to the Internet in record numbers to explore its nearly limitless access to times gone by. With that popularity, it's no surprise that military history sites are reporting unprecedented Web traffic.

Hosting an exchange student from a foreign country can be very rewarding. Here's a place to turn if you want to do it.

Millions of women often wonder how they can continue to juggle it all or wish they remembered who they "used to be" before having a career, kids or both. Life coaches can help women find their way back to what they really want.

Your 4-year-old may already know how to tie their own shoelaces and spell out their first and last names. But as preschool looms around the corner, are you worried how well they'll fit in with the rest of the classroom? According to a nationwide survey conducted of 1,000 parents, 90 percent consider social skills to be vital to their children's happiness and confidence.

Today's students gear up for back-to-school season by stocking up on expensive technology, from MP3 players to laptops. However, most students are unaware that dorm rooms and schools are some of the most dangerous places to store precious electronic equipment. Protecting a computer is part common sense, part hardware and part software.