My 9-year-old daughter looks older than she is. Always has. Kids and - worse - grownups who should know better comment on it all the time. ...more

March 22, 2009

What can parents, especially those of girls, do to temper culture's pressure to grow up way too fast? ...more

March 19, 2009

Joe Perri had big college dreams. He wanted to pursue a degree in photography from an arts school. ...more

November 27, 2008

Nikki Myers joined the ECCO Leadership Program as a way to meet friends. ...more

October 15, 2008

What's an A student to do? The University of South Florida was once considered a backup school for many top college-bound seniors who braced for rejection from the University of Florida or Florida State University. But students such as Gabby Rodriguez are sure of nothing these days. ...more

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