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This road is full of terrifying hazards – many of our teens travel it every day… Depression. Bullying. Steroid abuse. These are some of the most harrowing issues affecting young people today. The threat they pose is reaching crisis levels. Counselors and educators all over The United States and Canada struggle to keep ahead of [...]
Here’s something we got via an Email Tip: The group, Mother’s of Lost Children will hold a silent vigil in front of the Whitehouse on Mother’s Day. From their press release: MOTHERS OF LOST CHILDREN TO GATHER FOR WHITE HOUSE VIGIL ON MOTHERS DAY 12 Noon Press Conference with Grieving Moms from Across America Mothers [...]
Related to a previous post about Michelle Obama’s effort to combat childhood obesity, we found this interesting article published by Time that discusses the links between childhood sexual abuse and trauma to eating disorders and obesity In recent years, studies by both Felitti and others have largely confirmed the association between sexual abuse — as [...]
Found via Care2.com: First lady Michelle Obama talks about the growing problem of childhood Obesity in the United States. “Medical experts have warned that our children are on track to be less healthy than we are.” – First Lady Michelle Obama We should be ashamed of that fact. Michelle Obama is leading the charge against [...]
From today’s New York Times, an article from a report by the RAND Corporation about how milirary deployment effects children: …Children in military families were more likely to report anxiety than children in the general population. The researchers also found that the longer a parent had been deployed in the previous three years, the more [...]
A recent report from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics shows that nearly 25 percent of Intimate Partner Violence cases involved a child witness: WASHINGTON – A child witnessed violence in 22 percent of intimate partner violence cases filed in state courts, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, [...]
According to a new report by the Every Child Matters Education Fund, every day five children die from Abuse and Neglect in the United States. Here are some of the findings: Child deaths attributed to abuse or neglect vary significantly by state. Kentucky had the highest rate of death due to child abuse and neglect [...]
A new study from the University of California, Berkeley examines the growing disparity between the children of Hispanic Immigrants and their American counterparts and demonstrates the importance of early childhood education. From today’s New York Times By and large, mothers from Latin American countries take care of their health during their pregnancies and give birth [...]
Found via The New York Times: There’s news of the Early Learning Challenge Fund, a new initiative that would send $8 billion dollars over an eight year period to states who improve their programs for early childhood education. This new initiative is part of the higher education funding bill that recently passed through the House [...]
Womensstake.org has a good rundown of some policy initiatives that are working their way through Congress. The proposals range from increasing access to early education services for low-income children, to increased funding for improving child care facilities. Another interesting proposal, The Family Tax Relief Act of 2009, would increase tax credits for families with children [...]
