What both candidates are missing
Supporters hand out signs for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a rally in Akron, Ohio. Donald Trump tells Americans that they are struggling because immigrants and China stole their jobs.
Category Archives: Kids
Once a military kid, always a military kid
"When a parent is called to serve in our military, the whole family serves." These are the opening words of Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families - and as soon as I push "play" on the DVD player, the show comes to life.
Kids reveal what REALLY happens on their family holidays
Bomb rips through New York City: Twenty-nine hurt, one critical as 'homemade IED' rocks Chelsea and a second device is found in a PRESSURE COOKER - hours after bombing at military fun-run A sobbing woman, screaming cops and glass everywhere: Devastating video shows moments immediately after explosion in Manhattan injured 29 people New York mayor de Blasio under fire for saying there's 'no evidence of a terror connection' in Manhattan blast - even though he admits it's 'an intentional act' Has a bomb maker started a campaign of terror in New York? The frightening similarities between Manhattan dumpster explosion that hurt 29 and New Jersey military fun-run blast 'We better get very tough folks': Trump speaks out in wake of New York bomb while cautious Clinton 'waits for the facts' Mass stabbing at Minnesota mall: Rampaging knifeman dressed as a security guard attacks eight shoppers while ... (more)
4-H, Disney Renew “Connecting Youth To Nature” Program
In fact, a new study estimates that the average child spends less than an hour outdoors each day. To combat this trend, National 4-H Council will engage more than 10,000 urban youth to increase the time kids spend in nature through the 4-H Connecting Youth to Nature program.
Why it Matters: Child Care and Pay Equity
In this May 6, 2015, file photo Saryah Mitchell, sits with her mother, Teisa, Gay, left, a rally calling for increased child care subsidies at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. In much of the U.S., families spend more on child care for two kids than on housing.
Social media swoons at Essence magazine photos of Obamas
The internet collectively swooned over photos of President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, who grace next month's cover of Essence magazine. While the Obamas addressed various issues such as their legacy and what it means to African-American children, social media was more focused on their photos.
How to help grandparents raising grandkids in an opioid crisis
Nationwide, the opioid epidemic has contributed to an increase in the number of parents who turn over caregiving responsibility to their relatives. Programs in Georgia and several other states now offer support to these families.
French School Children Will Be Taught Games To Hide From Terrorists
A French soldier patrols the Christmas market along Champs Elysees in Paris as part of the "Vigipirate" security plan December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Young French children returning to school this month will be taught games to hide from terrorists as part of a new curriculum created in response to a series of attacks in the past year.
Anti-Vaxxers Continue to Jeopardize Kids
The contrast between parents' attitudes about vaccines today and a decade ago is striking. A survey published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that more and more moms and dads are refusing the shots for their children.
Diversity Program Divides School on Race
It appears that toney, upper-crust secular education has lost the only professed believer in original sin - for white people that is. Anshu Wahi has left Manhattan's Bank Street School for Children.
Anne-Marie Slaughter: Why ‘having it all’ is an issue for men, too
'We are never going to get to gender equality between men and women unless we value the work of care as much as we value paid work.' To spend a day with Anne-Marie Slaughter is to be convinced that women really can't have it all.
The Sounds of Blackness or A False Narrative?
The black community has a big problem. It mainly stems from a lack of teaching morals, values, personal responsibility, and a respect for God, country, and the family.
Conversations heard in the Land of Trump
Psst ... Hey you. Come here. Come closer. I've got something to tell you. It's about Hillary.
Trump: a There could certainly be a softeninga on immigration stance
Donald Trump says there could be a "softening" in his hardline immigration proposals - though he did not provide detail and his campaign so far has yet to offer a coordinated message on whether there's been a shift in policy. Speaking to Fox News' Sean Hannity in an interview Tuesday night, Trump was asked about a recent meeting he had with the National Hispanic Advisory Council, a group of Hispanic supporters.
On break, Senator Baldwin visits La Crosse Boys and Girls Club
During the month-long break that Congress takes in August, its members are expected to go back home to find out what the people in their states are concerned about. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin spent part of this weekend meeting children at Boys and Girls Club on the Viterbo University campus in La Crosse.
Long Island population of kids coming illegally into U.S. up
A U.S. Border Patrol agent detains juvenile immigrants without proper documents near the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 10, 2015, at La Grulla, Texas. The number of unaccompanied minors and families crossing the border from Central America has surged in recent months.
Author explores impact of mothers on household finances
Children are not only expensive - they can turn the financial lives of many mothers, especially single moms, upside down, complicating financial planning or making it harder to keep up with the bills that go along with parenting. Washington, D.C.-based author Kimberly Palmer said she began wondering why men get magazines and books on investing and getting rich while women are targeted for lectures on pinching pennies at the grocery store and saving $10 on their next sweater purchase.
Police warn of sexual predator dangers
In the interconnected world of today, communicating with one another has never been easier. The internet has spurred progress and development the world over.
Keep the soda ban
Let's hope the District 51 school board exercises better judgment about what constitutes healthy beverages than the state board of education did Wednesday. Meeting in Grand Junction, the state board voted 4-3 to end a seven-year ban on diet sodas in Colorado high schools, effectively putting the onus on individual school districts to decide whether to allow such drinks.
Tearing down the walls | Kids from Mexico greeted with open arms at Jewish camp in Rockies
At a time when Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised that, if elected, "We're going to have a big, beautiful wall" dividing Mexico from the United States, a Jewish summer camp in Colorado is building a bridge between itself and a synagogue in Mexico City. This year, after several years of planning, more than 20 Jewish Mexican campers, three counselors and Rabbi Leonel Levy from Comunidad Bet-El de Mxico attended Ramah in the Rockies for two weeks, from July 20 to Aug. 2. Bet-El is a Conservative synagogue in Mexico City's upscale yet diverse Polanco district, and Camp Ramah is a network of Jewish summer camps affiliated with the Conservative movement.