January 2015
Monthly Archives
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Bullying Bystanders
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Bullying Bystanders” “If you ask each and every one of us, I’m sure we’ve all seen something every day.” – Shari, 19 years old Researchers at Brunel University in London surveyed over 2,000 kids about bullying and what they found was surprising. The kids who were neither […]
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Teen Finances
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Teen Finances” “I think that it’s easy for kids nowadays to get a hold of money and not appreciate it; not understand the value of it.” – Cassandra Morehead, mother It’s a dilemma faced by many parents: your child earns money from babysitting, a part-time job or […]
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Day Care Immunity
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Day Care Immunity” “The good side is that these children, when they get into the real school world, don’t get sick as much. They already have protection.” – Dr. Ruth Brown, a pediatrician It seems counterintuitive: kids in daycare will get sick from the germs on the […]
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Teen Pregnancy Rates Up
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Teen Pregnancy Rates Up” “We need to grow up and be more responsible as adults, as Americans – who have so much information at hand, and yet we’re so afraid of sex that we won’t even teach our own children.” – Gail Elizabeth Wyatt, Ph.D., Child Psychologist […]