As a mother, you send your children off to their first day of kindergarten with pride, anticipation and excitement. But a part of you can't shake those nagging questions: Will they make friends? Have someone to play with at recess? Be bullied?As director of PACER's National Center for Bullying Prevention, and the mother of a child with Down syndrome, those questions don't just go away with time. And that worry only intensifies.My 14-year-old son, David, was born with Down syndrome. [Read the full article]

If you're confused because your Facebook News Feed is filled with women saying that they "like it on" the floor or the kitchen counter, you're not alone. It's all part of a new Internet meme that has gone viral on Facebook to raise awareness for breast cancer.First things first, though: These women are actually referring to where they like to place their purses, not to their favorite places to make love. Of course, part of the reason this meme has gone viral is due to its heavy sexual connotations.The reason for all of these "I like it on" status updates is simple: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of women are using this meme as a rallying cry to raise awareness for cancer research.The status updates naturally get their friends to ask them about their commentary, which is exactly the point of this meme.Like any social platform, Facebook is susceptible to rapidly spreading memes. [Read the full article]

The gap between those who have a college degree and those who do not is widening -- this time when it comes to marriage.For the first time, adults are more likely to wed by the age of 30 if they obtained a bachelor's degree than the young adults who have not, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center."There's a double whammy going on for the people who aren't college-educated," said Richard Fry, senior research associate at the Pew Research Center. "They are facing difficult employment, and they are less likely to enter into marriage and receive the economic benefits marriage provides."The situation was more favorable for people without college degrees two decades ago, Fry said. Then, people without college degrees were more likely to get married than their college-educated counterparts. Those without college degrees could rely on the benefits of marriage to offset their lower salaries. [Read the full article]

(CNN) -- The business of saving lives can happen in the most unassuming of places: In the corner of a nondescript, dingy building in an unnamed West Coast city, in a small office that can barely fit four desks.Here, trained counselors take the calls of young people in crisis and those who worry about them. It's the kind of place where the mere act of talking can eclipse the tragic, where people work to keep headlines -- like the story of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi -- from ever happening.Welcome to one of the two national call centers for The Trevor Lifeline, America's only 24/7 crisis and suicide prevention hot line for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youths. The lifeline is a cornerstone of The Trevor Project, a broader nonprofit dedicated to promoting acceptance of LGBTQ youths and to preventing suicides.Between this center and another on the East Coast -- at least one is open at all times -- about 30,000 calls are fielded each year. [Read the full article]