Search Results for 'Kid'

Kids rescued from flooded childcare site

A TOTAL of 52 children at a childcare centre in southern New South Wales have been evacuated because of concerns the building could be flooded amid wild weather in the region. The children and 10 staff at the Lake Albert childcare centre [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Parents Thank Build-A-Plate For Kids

A disaster we are confronted with today is childhood obesity. Over time, its place in our country has changed dramatically because more and more young individuals are facing this burdensome condition. Based on studies, it is found that c [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

TV can make kids mentally ill

Watching TV or playing computer games for more than two hours a day is related to greater psychological difficulties in children, regardless of how physically active they are, according to a new study. The study of over a 1,000 children [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Again, kids in line of Maoist fire

A day after a school was caught in the crossfire between Maoists and security forces on Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border, another school held its peace, as a gunfight raged in its vicinity on the Chhattisgarh-Orissa border. On Satur [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Parents Worry About Kids' Online Privacy: But are Worries Ba...

If you scroll down you'll see a press release from Common Sense Media announcing the results of their poll showing that "92 percent of parents are concerned that kids share too much information online, and 85 percent of parents [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Top 10 Ways Parents Can Protect Kids From Cyberbullying

Concerns about cyberbullying have moved back to the front burner amid the agony over a Rutgers University student's suicide after two fellow students were accused of secretly streaming video of him in a sexual encounter with a man ov [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids get to stretch their legs

It was a wet walk to school on Wednesday, but 114 Egremont Elementary School students made the trek in honor of International Walk to School Day. According to Walk to School Day organizers, thousands of students, parents and teachers rep [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Parental fear breeds cotton-wool kids

Even though there is no evidence that it is more dangerous for children to go to the park or walk to school without adults, parents are increasingly wrapping their offspring in cotton wool, a Perth study has found. Children's mental [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Hope for new kids' facility to replace torched centre

Parents of about 70 children left without a childcare centre after a suspected arson in West Auckland on Saturday night may have somewhere new to go. The Planet Kids childcare centre in New Lynn was gutted in what police and fire safety [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Special kids steal the show

Little kids dressed as beautiful fairies, butterflies and mythological characters strutted their stuff on the stage. The older ones performed skits, songs and dances, one even played the tabla. The difference being, all this was done by [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Hooking up kids, cops

But the disbanding of the City of Pewaukee Police Department on Dec. 31, when the city switched to the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department for police services, and a bad back from an on-the-job injury years ago put an end to his car [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Flames eager to play 'Kids'

The fan inside all the Calgary Flames players is curious. The players want to see what all the fuss is about when it comes to thew Oilers three stars of the future: Taylor Hall, Magnus Paajarvi and Jordan Eberle. They get to see them for [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

West Virginia Kids Among Some of the Poorest in the Nation

The United States Census Bureau announced figures this week that have West Virginia leaders looking at what kind of conditions our children are living in. The report shows about 24 percent of the state's children live in poverty. Loc [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Kids with food allergies may be the target of schoolyard bul...

As if kids with food allergies didn't have enough to deal with at school, now they may have to worry about being bullied. A study finds that some children who have food allergies could be the target of bullies -- and some of those bu [...]