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Remember The Littlest Soldiers

BJ Gallagher | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Military Families, Military, Ft. Hood, Military Brats, Children, Veterans, Veterans Day, Death & Dying, Living News
BJ Gallagher

The biggest price I paid, along with other military kids, was enormous anxiety. For you see, Death was always lurking around in the background, but no one ever talked about it.

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How To Treat Empty-Nest Depression

World of Psychology | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, College, Children, Raising Children, Parenting, Leaving Home, Happiness, Empty Nest Syndrome, Living News

Several mom friends of mine have lately come down with a bad case of "empty-nest depression" -- moms who just dropped off their youngest offspring to ...

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Handling Death with Kid Gloves

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Iran, Early Education, Children, Kids, Multicultural, Parenting, Death, Family, Parents, Living News
Charlotte Safavi

"Mom, come," my son shouts. "A baby bird fell out of the nest!" Sure enough, a fledgling lies on the patio, beak gaped, neck distended, claws curled, a sad thing.

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Don't Forget To Have Kids

Mika Brzezinski | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Careers, Mika Brzezinski, All Things at Once, Parenting, Children, Career Choices, Life Lessons, The Balanced Life, Relationships, Living News
Mika Brzezinski

For professional women, there simply is no good time to have a baby. But putting it off only makes the challenges greater.

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Helping Children Grieve

Rose Winters | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Death, Grief, Death & Dying, Death and Dying, Mourning, Losing-a-Loved-One, Parenting, Loss, Anxiety, Living News
Rose Winters

Losing a loved one is always hard. The emotional impact isn't lessened when loss happens to a child. Though the death of a parent is a traumatic event in a child's life, we feel at a loss how to help.

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Barnes & Noble And James Patterson Team Up For In-Store Kids' Book Recommendations

CNN Money | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Books, Barnes, Children's Books, Children, James Patterson, Reading, Bookseller, Barnes & Noble Children's, Women's Murder Club, Patterson, Maximum Ride, Barnes and Noble, Children's Book Recommendations, Barnes & Noble, Kids' Books, Pop Goes the Weasel, Alex Cross, Books News

Barnes & Noble, Inc. continues its storied tradition of making books and reading more accessible to kids with its newest addition to the Children's se...

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No Virginia, You're Not Crazy. You're Just Highly Intuitive

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Intuitive Experiences, Parenting, Children, Knowing, Mentor, Intution, Living News
Leeat Granek, PhD

I was a highly intuitive child, and now, I am a highly intuitive adult. I'm no longer ashamed to admit it.

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How Stressed Are Kids? More Than We Think

usatoday.com | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, American Psychological Association, Mental Health, Relationships, Children, Financial Crisis, Psychology, Anxiety, Children's Health, Stress Reduction, Living News

Worrying about school and about their family's finances are causing the most stress for kids, according to the American Psychological Association, whi...

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Married With Children Paves Way To Happiness

forbes.com | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Raising Children, Satisfaction, Marriage, Parenting, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Children, Happiness, Living News

Want to be a happy married couple? Consider having kids. A new study found that having children boosts happiness. And the more, literally, the merrier...

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How To Teach Your Children About Death

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Siberian Husky, The Dead Bird, Children's Books, Children, Goodnight Moon, Grief, Autumn, Steve Ross, Parenting, Dogs, Death, Death & Dying, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

in the United States we have a somewhat less open tolerance for this chapter of being. One might even say that we're still in the closet about the subject. Why are we so tight lipped about this natural process?

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Consumer Group Finds Elevated BPA Levels In Range Of Foods

latimes.com | Andrew Zajac | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: FDA and BPA Baby Bottles, Health. BPA. Epoxy Resin, Plastic Hardener, Children, Food, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Union, Consumer Reports, Living News

A consumer advocacy group's analysis of canned goods has found measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A, or BPA, across a range of foods...

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Food Stamps Will Feed Half Of US Kids, Study Says

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: How Many Kids Are on Food Stamps, Welfare, Social Justice, Poverty, Food Stamps, Children, Economy, Parenting, Food Stamp Statistics, Recession, Kids on Food Stamps, Black Children, Usda, Food Research and Action Center, Education, Nutrition, African Americans, Food, Income Gap, US Department of Agriculture, How Many People Are on Food Stamps, Food Stamps Study, Sociology, Food Stamps Data, Poverty Line, Minorities, Politics News

CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...

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Two Percent Ain't Good Enough

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Education, California, Children, Usc, Public Education, Foster Care, Los Angeles, Relationships, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

Within 18 months of leaving the system, 1/4 of children in foster care will have been incarcerated, 1/5 will have experienced homelessness and 1/3 will suffer major depression.

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250,000 Children Killed Next Year Due To Climate Change

Telegraph | Louise Gray | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Starvation, Drought, Natural Disasters, Children, Flood, Malaria, Climate Change, Save the Children, Water Shortages, Global Warming, Green News

In a new report Save the Children claims that climate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century[.]...

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Tea Leoni: How UNICEF Became A Halloween Treat

Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Halloween, Children, Giving Back, Tea Leoni, Donating to Charity, Unicef, Giving, Children's Health, Trick or Treat, Impact News

I grew up under the impression that I was the best trick-or-treater in the whole wide world, because my grandmother invented it!...

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What Are America's Real Values?

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: Exchange, Chip, Children, Medicaid, Congress, Child Health Coverage, Health Reform, Child Heath Insurance, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

What is a child's life worth? What is a child's health worth? What is a child's spirit, battered by preventable suffering and chronic disease, worth?

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Halloween: Being Somebody

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Children, Living News
Thomas de Zengotita

What is it about really young kids getting into costumes or having their faces painted? They seem a bit bewildered in the early stages of the process. Fascinated--but not sure what to make of it.

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Snow Days, Pancakes, and Energy Justice

Joellen Raderstorf | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Cookstoves, Energy, Energy Oppressed Poor, University-of-Colorado-Professor, Children, Snow, Global Footprint, University of Colorado at Boulder, Energy Policy, Mothers, Denver News
Joellen Raderstorf

While I'm living the "make every minute count" lifestyle, nearly one third of my fellow global family members rely primarily on biomass-based fire to meet all their energy needs.

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Let Kids Sleep Late On Weekends To Fight Fat

Yahoo! News | David Freeman, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Health, Fat, Weight Loss, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Sleep, Overweight, Living News

Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong ...

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Colorado Nonprofit Brings Education to Pakistan's Women And Children

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.28.2009 | Impact

Read More: Developing Nations, Education, Women's Issues, Children, Marshall Direct Fund, Pakistan, Impact News

The Marshall Direct Fund (MDF) was established to eliminate global poverty through investing in females, with the goals of increased school enrollment...

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6 Million U.S. Kids Lack Enough Vitamin D

Yahoo! News | Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Vitamin D Deficiency, Children, Health, Vitamin D, Nutrition, Disease, Cancer, Childhood Nutrition, Children's Health, Living News

While the optimal amount of vitamin D is still subject to debate, a new study finds one thing is sure: over 6 million American children are getting to...

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Children of Prisoners: Innocent and At Risk

Pat Nolan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: At-Risk Youth, Children, Incarceration, Prison, Abandonment, Raising Children, Abandoned, Families, Children's Health, Family, Adoption, Politics News
Pat Nolan

Maintaining the child-parent relationship during a parent's incarceration improves a child's emotional development and their behavior, and will help keep him or her from following their parent to prison.

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An Entire Generation at Stake

Janet Murguía | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Population Reference Bureau, Poverty, Latinos, Children, Credit Programs, Economic Health, Early Childhood Education Programs, Opportunities, Obese-Children, Social Well-Being, Hispanic Children, Congress, Immigration System, Juvenile Justice System, U.S. Citizens, American Dream, Reformed Juvenile Justice System, Success, Education, Graduate From High School, U.S. Population, Health Insurance, Adult Jails, Political Power, Health Care, Fair Housing, Diversity, Politics News
Janet Murguía

Today, more than one-fourth of Latino children live in poverty. Three-fifths live in low-income families. One in five does not have health insurance. Only 55% graduate from high school.

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Three Hollywood Halloween Trends That Need to Die

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Tampons, Halloween, Underwear, Halloween Costumes, Noah Cyrus, Children, Body Image, Slutty Costumes, Nadya Suleman, Octomom, Calvin Klein, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

For one day a year, we are encouraged to be as violent, sexual, inane or un-PC as our little hearts desire. Even given these lax rules, there are still ways to cross the line on Halloween.

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Study Shows Hope For Type Of Blindness

Wall Street Journal | By RON WINSLOW | Posted 10.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Eyesight, Sight, Kids, Braille, Blind, Children, Blindness, Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, Health, Gene Therapy, Medicine, Study, rpe65, Living News

A small but provocative study showed that a form of gene therapy significantly improved the vision of patients left legally blind by a rare genetic ey...

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