First, my heart goes out to every student who was denied his or her high school diploma. These students are victims that our state superintendent and legislators have abandoned, rejected, and chose not to protect them from injustice. 4,200 students...
Here's a must-read about a police department in the small Canadian town of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, pop. 35,000, that was dealing with 35,000 calls a year, which was double the number in 2001. The calls were on track to double again in eight...
"To get a sense of just how foolish and shortsighted the $85 billion across-the-board sequester cuts are you don’t have to look any further than Head Start. The federal government’s only pre-K program , Head Start provides comprehensive,...
"Stress can be good or bad or ugly, added neuroendocrinologist Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., the Alfred E. Mirsky Professor at Rockefeller University in New York.... “T he neurobiology of stress undergoes dramatic changes over the childhood years,”...
Abstract Recent data suggests that a history of childhood maltreatment is associated with reductions in hippocampal volume in healthy adults. Because this association is also evident in adults with psychiatric illness, it has been suggested that...
"You’ve probably heard that a record number of American women — 40 percent — are now the primary or sole breadwinners in their families. But two-thirds of those women are single mothers making a median yearly income of $23,000....
"Peer group influences affect children much earlier than researchers have suspected, finds a new University of Maryland-led study. The researchers say it provides a wake-up call to parents and educators to look out for undue group influences,...
"Health problems linked to obesity—like heart disease and diabetes—could skip an entire generation, a new study suggests.... "Reasons why the first generation is apparently protected are not fully understood. Researchers suggest that...
"A new Lancet series on maternal and childhood nutrition finds that over 3 million children die every year of malnutrition—accounting for nearly half of all child deaths under 5. Along with state-of-the-art global estimates on the long-term...
"In a study of the co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in early school-age children (four to eight years old), researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute found that nearly one-third of...
"This fall, investigative officials from across the state will come to Penn State to hear about improving the way they collect evidence after child abuse reports so prosecutors have stronger cases to take to court.... "The goal is to talk about how...
"While most of us cannot put the offenders behind bars ourselves, there are steps we can take to fight these crimes against children. "Cory Rosepiler, U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agent, said an important aspect of fighting sexual...
"Members of the New York State Humane Association joined with local law enforcement to learn about how to stop animal abuse. The workshop, titled “Investigating Animal Cruelty” brought in experts to teach law enforcement how to best...
Abstract Early child development and the impact of parenting on later life are of global concern. The rise in child abuse and maltreatment in Japan suggests that measures to increase self-efficacy and reduce stress would benefit Japanese parents. In...
"In the late 1990s, child psychiatrist Glenn Saxe launched a study of children with burn injuries, who are known to have a high risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder. The researchers gave psychological interviews to two dozen children...