Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Generation “Me”” Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 “They are looking at materialism in an effort to demonstrate and to illustrate self-worth. And, when you are not able to buy enough, when you are not able to have the iPod, the iPod phone and the BMW… when you’re not […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Gossip is Good” Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 “It lets people really know each other, and know about what’s going on in their lives. And that enables people to feel safe. It makes them feel a sense of belonging.” – Wendy Simonds, PhD, sociology The Tiger Woods scandal […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Mental Health Stigma” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 “The child is labeled bad. The child is labeled slow. The child is labeled outside the circle.” – Cynthia Wainscott, National Mental Health Association According to a new survey from the National Institute on Mental Health, only about half of […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Fewer Kids Smoking” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 “Maybe because their friends are telling them not to smoke. Maybe its peer pressure in a good way.” – Caroline, 17 years old A new government survey finds that more kids are smoking marijuana, abusing prescription drugs and using smokeless […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “Reading Comprehension” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 “The teacher called me for a conference and she told me that Derrick might be put behind if he didn’t get to the grade level he should be.” – Marna Collins, Derek’s Mother If your child has trouble reading, this finding […]
Connect with Kids : Weekly News Stories : “End of Make-Believe” Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 “I think they need to use their own imagination. They need to be able to figure things out instead of just clicking a switch and having all the pieces put in front of them.” – MaryBeth Gibson, mother With video […]
“I think other parents should quit being scared and just to talk to their kids about sex, stop trying to sugarcoat everything, trying to make everything look pretty, just talk to your kid, because if you don’t talk to them they are going to get lost.”
“It gets in the bloodstream and it can cause sepsis or infection of the blood, which makes you very sick and can result in death.” – Dr. Robert Harrison
“Every new driver needs to go through a defensive driving course – a classroom portion. But that just gives them the head knowledge. What young drivers especially need is experience.” – Robert Wilson, National Safety Council A new survey of teen drivers by the Allstate Foundation reports that 48 percent of teen girls questioned say […]
“There’s a lot of pressure that gets put on students who are looking to attend colleges, and they’re looking for an edge.” – Adam Lips, Higher Education Consultant Recent reports indicate that high school graduates are heading to college in record numbers: Some 70 percent of the 2.9 million grads, according to the U.S. Labor […]
