Los Angeles and especially Hollywood, has been known for a long time as a unique city where people fight for fame and money. Some get through, but others don’t. There…
Ellie cried when she couldn’t wear a costume to school for Halloween one year. No one cared except for one kind teacher, who was about to become more important in…
War is always hard on the lives of the people who fight in it. During the Vietnam War, when young men were sent to fight and had to leave their…
Sometimes, the world is a very cruel place. Even though we seem to have gotten much better at calling out prejudice over the years, there’s no doubt that it still…
For his sixth birthday, Teddy’s mother, Sil Mazzini, offered him two options: the family could visit Legoland or Disney World, or Sil could throw a party for his friends. He…
It can be hard to decide how to punish your kids. It is hard to come up with a fair punishment that teaches the right lesson without being cruel. Plus,…
Being different means being unique, and Julie and Dan McConnel know how to accept and value uniqueness in a way that wins hearts all over the world. When they found…
After having her 11th child, a girl, the first woman in the U.K. to have 10 boys in a row is no longer the only girl in her house. Alexis…
Michael McGuire left his job at a coal mine and ran to the University of Kentucky’s Rupp Arena. He didn’t have time to take a shower after his shift, so…
Troy Luna’s parents told him not to trust adults he didn’t know, but they hoped he’d never have to follow this advice. They made a mistake. When Troy Luna got…