Children

Reader Q & A: Why Did She Dump Me?

Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Mom, Loneliness, Living News, Relationships, Expatriates, Children, Dumped, Reciprocity, Phone Friend, Dumpee, Balance, Best Friend, Expats, Reader Q & A, Living News
Irene S. Levine

I telephoned a girlfriend today for a chat and she hit me with a bombshell. She politely told me that she saw no point in continuing our friendship.

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13-Year-Old Somali Rape Victim Stoned to Death in Front of 1000 Spectators

Peter Daou | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Somalia, Obama, Rape, Children, Somalia Rape Victim, Somalia Rape Victim Stoned, Politics News
Peter Daou

I hope we can all work with the incoming administration to begin creating conditions in which we can banish this barbaric and malevolent behavior from our planet.

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Sleepless Kids Become Fat Adults

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Children, Health, Insomnia, Schools, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Teenagers, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

A new study shows that sleep makes for a proper balance of hormones related to appetite, hunger, metabolism, and even fat retention.

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Yes We Can

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Children, Barack Obama, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, President Obama, President Elect Obama, Living News
Marian Wright Edelman

President-Elect Obama's election affirms every child's life is of equal value and each child can strive to achieve at the highest level that his or her talent, discipline and hard work allow.

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A Scathing Look at "Celebrity"

Colleen Perry | Posted 11.07.2008 | Style

Read More: Woody Allen, Fame, International Adoption, Mia Farrow, Children, Joaquin Phoenix, Raising Children, Celebrity Mothers, Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Celebrity, Celebrity Kids, Celebrities, Style News
Colleen Perry

It dawned on me: this is why celebrities have trouble giving up "celebrity." They're so accustomed to someone hanging on their every word; ready to fulfill every wish and desire.

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Cutting Risk of SIDS Could Be as Easy as Using a Fan

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Pediatrics, Infants, Sids, Babies, Health, Sleep, Children, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Death, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

SIDS may never have a "cure," but we can learn how to reduce its risk and take those precautions every single day. Adding a fan to your baby's room is an inexpensive and easy thing to do.

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Change is in the Air

Liane Weintraub | Posted 11.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Change, Babies, Children, Health, Children's Safety, Tastybaby, Baby Food, Living News
Liane Weintraub

The way a baby begins eating in the earliest stages of development sets the course for their life, nutritionally. We want parents to have the opportunity to give their children a better start.

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A Planet Changing Election

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Future, Children, 2008 Election, Apollo Project, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

We have more to be proud of as Americans than just generating wealth and fighting wars. Barack Obama offers us the potential to reignite that vision and imagination.

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Rain, Autism, and Mercury

David Kirby | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Mercury, Rain, Autism Mercury, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Poison, Children, Babies, Toxins, Living News
David Kirby

A new study makes one thing fairly clear to me: Autism is not a purely genetic disorder -- our changing, endangered, dirty environment is playing a role.

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Happiness Project: Be More Festive

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Celebrations, Halloween, Traditions, Daily Life, Children, Family, Happiness, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...

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Helping Our Children Grow Organically

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Google, Trent McNair, Surf City Growers, Children, Julia Moulden, New Radicals, Linda McNair, Organics, Gardens, The Giving Life, Living News
Julia Moulden

"Nana, what else can you teach me?" This is what my niece whispered into my mother's ear as she drifted off to sleep after a busy day learning what u...

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Confronting Diabetes In Celebration: Yes to Philly and a New Chapter of Hope

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 10.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Diabetes, Philadelphia Phillies, Children's Health, Children, Living News
SaraKay Smullens

Once insulin is received, for lucky kids there is a honeymoon period: the pancreas -- so hungry for insulin to break down the sugar and carbs -- begins, almost magically, to produce insulin.

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Prop 8 for the [Easily Manipulated, Exploited, Poorly Indoctrinated] Kids

Disgrasian | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yes on Prop 8, California Gay Marriage, Songs, Proposition 8, California, Prop 8, Children, No on Prop 8, Same Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, Teaching Children About Gay Marriage, Gay Parenting, Politics News
Disgrasian

Our advice to you is: if you want to get a lot of candy on Halloween, dress up as a sign that says, "Vote No on Prop 8!"

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This Election Doesn't Leave Our Children Behind

Christopher Fink | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Civic Duty, Democracy, Education, 2008 Election, Children, Civic Responsibility, Youth Vote, George W. Bush, Mccain Election, Joe Biden, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Scholastic, Obama Education, Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, Reuters, Is Our Children Learning, Hillary Clinton, Education Reform, Scholastic Mock Election, John McCain, Voting, Home News
Christopher Fink

Many children have been learning about and engaged with this election. This is sure to have an affect on our children's sense of civic responsibility to vote and care about our democracy as they grow up.

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Growing Up Right -- Learning Political Lessons From the 'Rents

Bill Hoversten-Davis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Election 2008, Offthebus, Billy Graham, Communism, John Birch Society, Knott's Berry Farm, John McCain, Dirty Politics, Children, Negative Attacks, Raising Children, Barack Obama, Home News
Bill Hoversten-Davis

My strict but loving parents instilled notions of religion, ethics, obedience, good citizenship -- and politics. Early on, I learned right was right and left was wrong.

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Obama and Autism

Elaine Hall | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Janet Grillo, Elaine Hall, Hope, Education Policy, Children, Sarah Pallin, Autism: The Musical, Facilitated Communication, Obama, Autism, John Mc Cain, 2008 Election, Coach E, Living News
Elaine Hall

We found that Obama speaks for all people who cannot speak. Who do not have a voice, literally and figuratively. Somehow, some way, my son with severe autism had picked up this truth.

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A Quiet Voice From the Clinton Global Initiative: Helps to Feed 600,000 Children Right Here in the US

Michelle Kraus | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, United States, Clinton Global Initiative, Children, Social Programs, Malnourishment, Poverty, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

It is almost more courageous to focus on the blight of children in this country and acknowledge that there is a problem right here in the US.

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Change My World

Vicki Strauss Kennedy | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Children, Politics, Songs, Election 2008, Future, Change My World, Living News
Vicki Strauss Kennedy

I want to leave a world that is protected and prosperous and safe for my children, and all those tinier souls that my children were, once, not so long ago.

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Pint Size Pundits

Melina Bellows | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Geographic Kids, John McCain, Children, Kids, Sarah Palin, Tweens, Election 2008, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Politics News
Melina Bellows

As the election is reaching fever pitch, it turns out that the newest constituents adding to the din are tweens.

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Peaceful Revolution: Women's Issues Do Matter (and Palin is Wrong)

Robert Drago | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, John McCain, Children, Moms Rising, Momsrising, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Mothers, Politics News
Robert Drago

Obama's plan to expand after-school programs to cover one million additional children is clearly superior to McCain's proposal for no change in expenditures.

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Save The Children

Sara Whitman | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Children, Education Policy, Marriage Equality in CA, No on Prop 8, Ridiculous Scare Tactics, LGBT Rights, Equal Rights, Marriage Equality, Gay Parents, LGBT Families, Prop. 8, Parents, Gay Marriage, Living News
Sara Whitman

So what if kids do come home and ask about gay families? If you're really such a bigot, just spew out all the hateful things you have to say about homosexuality. See it as a teachable moment.

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In Harlem, Obama Embraces a New Approach to Poverty

Paul Tough | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Geoffrey Canada, Inner City Poverty Campaigns, Child Poverty, Geoffrey Canada, US Poverty, Barack Obama, Harlem, Children, Harlem Children's Zone, Politics News
Paul Tough

The most innovative policy in Obama's platform is his pledge to replicate the Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the country. What we spend early on in a child's life, we more than get back later.

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Zavier's Day With Obama In Toledo

Teresa McCoy | Posted 10.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Toledo, Babies, Battleground States, Children, Barack Obama, Obama Rally, Ohio, Home News
Teresa McCoy

I could see by the look on the faces in the crowd that people in Ohio are hungry for a real leader, one who recognizes that everyday folks are the ones who matter.

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Human Egg Donors Make Cash in Economic Hard Times VIDEO

George Spyros | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Eggs, Donor Egg, Human Reporduction, Babies, Children, Egg Donations, Living News
George Spyros

Making Extra Cash: Human Egg Donations on the Rise. WARNING: CUTE BABIES FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO >> The number of egg donations by women have...

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Stock Market Lessons from Sesame Street: "I Love Cash"-The Song

Lenore Skenazy | Posted 10.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Television, Sesame Street, Wall Street Crisis, Children, Kids, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Entertainment News
Lenore Skenazy

Only Oscar the Grouch seems to have escaped the current crisis unscathed, for reasons that are, in retrospect, obvious: He avoided the real estate bubble by residing in a garbage can.

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