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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “It Takes a Village” “If somebody corrects you or your child’s behavior—the implication is that you are a bad parent.” – Holly Baird, Mother Is it appropriate to discipline someone else’s children who are behaving badly? Some people today say no, that’s a job reserved for the […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Teacher Recommendations” “I only see a few (recommendation letters) that are really specifically negative, but a few are less than positive. That’s the best way I can put it. Where they say, ‘Well, this student may be strong in this area in the future,’ or, ‘They have […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Obesity Rates Leveling” “If you have a gut, you are probably overweight.” – Luke Beno, M.D., Pediatrician On the subject of obesity and young people, there is both good news and bad news. The bad: a third of our kids are overweight. The good: that number hasn’t […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Antipsychotic Drug Use” “So if you are going to give your child a medicine that is going to slow their ability to learn and then send them to school, that’s a serious thing. You really want your child treated with the least amount of this medicine that […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Winning the War of Wills” Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 “Kids are incredibly perceptive on ways to wiggle in and to manipulate the situation in their favor. So if they know that dad, when he comes home from work or mom, when she comes home from work… tend […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “The Down Side of Screen Time” Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 “Because being in the virtual world, being in front of a screen all day is not sufficient for good teenage socialization. You need to have a combination of a screen life, and a real life.” – Larry […]
