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Focus on kids' mental health: report

The nation's first-ever national mental-health strategy is expected to call for an overhaul of services for children and youth - an under-resourced and fragmented system Canada's former mental-health commissioner says is in " [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Five powerful things to say to your kids

About three decades ago, a participant in one of Paul Axtell’s personal effectiveness courses brought him a list of the 30 statements kids hear most from their parents. “No. 1 was ‘No.’ The next was: ‘Wh [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Sciency, girl-positive steampunk kids' adventure novel on Ki...

Kyle sez, "My friend Jordan Stratford has launched his first Kickstarter (currently funded, yay!) but the idea is simply too lovely not to share. From Kickstarter:"This is a pro-math, pro-science, pro-history and pro-literature [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids missing polio dose for 2 months

MUMBAI: Many children, below the age of five, had been missing their regular dose of polio immunization over the past two months, owing to an acute nation-wide shortage of polio vaccine. The BMC conducted the Pulse Polio Drive on March [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Lasting symptoms possible after kids' concussions: study

Concussion is by far the most common form of brain injury and has received increasing attention in the media, and millions of U.S. children get a concussion every year -- but many don't go to the hospital, said Keith Yeates at Nationw [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids are going to love poetry!

The new short series on Disney Junior "A Poem is..." features Disney characters with classic poems in the background. Thought kids and poetry don't go well together these days right? Not any more. The newly launched series o [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids as Young as 5 See Benefits of Positive Thinking

Children as young as 5 years old understand that positive thinking can make a person feel better, according to a new study. The researchers also found that kids' knowledge about the benefits of positive thinking is strongly influenced [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids smoke pot, don't drink

More American teens are smoking pot, and fewer are drinking alcohol, according to a new survey that's at the very least interesting and could be a push for policymakers to start thinking about how we regulate marijuana. As the fath [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Whose responsibility is it to feed the city's children?

When Doug Ford cut a cheque for $1,000 to help a school nutrition program in his ward, the obvious question was: What about the other 57 programs that could be scrapped? The councillor’s well-meaning gesture has raised another qu [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Foster Kids Are Overly Medicated, Report Says

Foster children on Medicaid received psychotropic drugs—including antipsychotics and antidepressants at a higher rate than other children covered by the government insurance program, according to a federal report released Thursday. [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Reading to your kid: even more important than you think

Did you read to your kids today? For many parents it’s as automatic as feeding them. But reading may be about a lot more than bonding or even learning to read, according to a new report. It could be a major contributor to your kid&# [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Childhood aggression linked to poorer health

The research, published in the CMAJ (the Canadian Medical Association Journal), found a strong link between childhood aggression and increase in lifestyle-related illnesses, such as obesity, diabetes, alcohol dependence among others. T [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Spoelstra goes to school, in classroom and on the road

Erik Spoelstra went to a social media class, scribbled his signature on the back of a few shirts, shook outstretched hands and happily posed for photographs. The schedule says Spoelstra should have been leading the Miami Heat against the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Asthma Linked to Poorer Childhood Diabetes Control

Children with both asthma and diabetes seem to have a harder time keeping their blood sugar under control, a new study released Monday suggests. According to Reuters, researchers found that among 2,000 3- to 21-year-olds with diabetes, 11 [...]