It may be the best known bad excuse for being unprepared: "The Dog Ate My Homework." But where does the phrase come from and how has it changed over the years? Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks ...

I sometimes help my grade-school-age daughters with their homework. I don't feel guilty about it, because there are nights when our family simply has other priorities. Like when my kids are exhausted ...

A year and a half ago, I was fully immersed in the routine of being a high-school junior. On an average night, my Internet tabs looked something like this: page 2 of a desperate Google search on ...

Two and a half years ago, when my oldest child started kindergarten, I assumed that elementary school would bring a lot of changes for our family — a more structured weekday schedule, a larger social ...

A dog owner has shared photographic evidence of his naughty Labrador puppy bringing a classic missing homework excuse to life. From the moment Ben Lambert, from Westchester, New York, laid eyes on ...

Viacom announced on Monday that Mitt Romney had declined to appear on Nickelodeon’s Kids Pick the President special this year, citing time constraints. President ...

Last week, we brought you the story of how the phrase "The Dog Ate My Homework" came to be and how it morphed into a palpably ridiculous excuse. Turns out, sometimes its not an excuse at all. Weekend ...

"Aliens Ate My Homework," featuring "Star Trek" actor William Shatner as the voice of Phil the Plant, follows a tiny alien spaceship that crashes into the bedroom of 12-year-old Rod Allbright (played ...