What all this adds up to is a big responsibility for parents to consider what's really in a name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

In fact,the orientation program for new students at Virginia Tech this summer includes a meeting for parents called "Parents as Partners."

VOA: special.2009.07.09

It says they should be placed on a separate sleep surface from their parents,without blankets, pillows or other soft bedding.

VOA: special.2009.08.26

Benjamin was a quiet boy. For much of the time, his parents were busy working in his father's store.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

In New York City, a nonprofit agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, has withdrawn a study that scared many parents and angered many experts.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

It also has a sanctuary where baby chimps whose parents have been killed by hunters can receive treatment and protection.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

She gave birth to Thomas -- or Tiggy, as his parents call him -- at a hospital in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

The story is told by Sara Louise Bradshaw, a 13-year-old girl who lives with her parents and her twin sister Caroline.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

"Worst-case scenario, if I don't find a job by the end of August, I move back with my parents."

VOA: special.2010.06.11

Now a study by the Seattle Children's Research Institute shows how that idea can influence what parents order for their children.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

The parents find a way to pay for their endless medical expenses that requires them to make a very difficult moral decision.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Parents often wonder what effect thumb sucking or sucking on a pacifier might have on their baby's teeth.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

"My Sister's Keeper" stars Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric as parents of a little girl who has cancer.

VOA: special.2009.06.12