Blogs Posts in Kids category; 499 blog posts

Q&A: A passion for protecting kids

Parry Aftab wants to make the Internet safer--one social network at a time. Founder of Wired Safety, a global Internet kids-safety nonprofit, Aftab is turning her passion for protecting kids online into a consulting business for the fast-c [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

NC PTA Hears Report On Gaps In Parent Involvement

It takes a North Carolina parent: Transforming education under the No Child Behind,” focused on school efforts in parent involvement. Educators said NCLB was considered “The single greatest issue in education today, followed b [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Fury at bid for no dad babies

The Government wants to SCRAP the current legal requirement to consider the importance of a youngster having a father when couples get fertility treatment. The move which will be debated by MPs next week would make it easier for lesbian [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

When parents die, some children suffer doubly

Children who lose a parent suddenly may suffer a "double whammy" to their mental and physical health from the shock of the loss and because of inherited risks, researchers reported on Monday. They said the risk factors that con [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Adopted youths more likely to have mental disorders

Adolescents who were adopted as infants are significantly more likely to have a psychiatric disorder than those who were not adopted, a study released Monday has found. The researchers emphasizing that most of the adoptees in the study wer [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Are parents stricter with older kids?

In the study, the research team from the University of Maryland, Duke University and The Johns Hopkins University, used economic game theory to predict levels of parental discipline. The researchers predicted that parental concern for the [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Mother's plea wins her home care help

A weary Mississauga mom is celebrating a temporary win over bureaucrats who slashed home care for her seriously ill 5-year-old daughter. Bowing to pressure, health officials agreed yesterday to restore Alessia Commisso's overnight care for [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Students learn etiquette, manners at school

When 48 fourth-graders make no noise and stand patiently beside their desks, adults notice. “You’ll never hear it this quiet again,” whispered Jennifer Reed, one of their teachers, as parents and other visitors looked on, [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Boy fails in English, parent beats teacher black and blue

A parent who could not understand the abysmal performance of his son in an examination decided to take the law into his hand and vent his anger on an English teacher at Jahra Boys Secondary School on Sunday morning. Security sources sai [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Parents childcare preferences not being met

Leading thinktank proposes universal childcare allowance Parents in Britain still pay 70 per cent of their childcare costs compared to the European average of 30 per cent. This is in spite of a decade of intensive reform and total spending [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Mumbai parents abandon baby girl

A four-month-old baby has been abandoned by her parents in Mumbai after they alleged that the hospital had swapped their baby boy for a girl. Baby girl Khushi was abandoned in December 2007 by her parents Rajmani and Sheela Jaiswal. The h [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

saying goodbye

You’re moving. So now what? Telling everyone, packing, moving, changing schools, and saying goodbye to your friends, your room, your home. It’s hard, isn’t it? You’ll still have your family. And you’ll still [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation begins as a mystery: an apparently ordinary middle-class couple from Belo Horizonte (Simone Spoladore and Eduardo Moreira) pack their bags in haste and take off in their blue Volkswagon, along with the [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Parental Involvement

East Renfrewshire Education Department welcomes the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 which has offered a fresh opportunity to look together at how we can develop our already strong partnership with parents. Research has [...]