Most sports fans spent their summer tracking their favorite baseball teams and the Michael Vick scandal. I lived in isolation in the mountains, preoccupied with a less conventional sport: whitewater ...

Kids in the 1970s learned several life skills that modern parenting has pretty much wiped out of children today.

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Working on your own car is both fun and cost-effective. But it's also another, secret third thing: educational. Wrenching can teach you all sorts of new skills, from wiring and diagnostics to things ...

Do you know how to swim well enough to save your life? NPR's Life Kit lays out the five basic water safety and swimming skills that can help prevent drowning. Most Americans, 85%, say they can swim, ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Elementary school-aged students lined up on red dots in a classroom-like setting prepared to talk about their 4-H projects, which they had worked on for several months. They ...

Discover how the everyday tasks of Baby Boomers' childhood prepared them to face life's challenges with calm and ...

Melissa Shields described her 3-year-old daughter, Zola, as “cautious” during the few times the toddler had been in a pool. As Saturday's free swimming lesson progressed at the Westbury High School ...

Aging is inevitable. It’s something we all face, but how we approach it can make all the difference. It’s common to think getting older means slowing down, but after talking to a few folks who seem ...