Children

Intolerable Cruelty: Our Sick Children's Indebted Future

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


Robyn O'Brien

In 1946, Harry Truman said, "A nation is only as healthy as its children." What have we done to ours?

Kids on Kitchen Patrol

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


Charlotte Safavi

Boys and men need to do more housework. Despite the sexual revolution, the traditional division of labor-at-home remains firmly entrenched in our society.

Judge To Decide If 9-Year-Old Liberian Refugee Will Stand Trial In Arizona Rape

AP | By AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home


PHOENIX (AP)-- A 9-year-old boy charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl sobbed in court Monday as his teacher testified that he rarely...

A Plea for Peace from Afghanistan

Robert Koehler | Posted 09.29.2009 | World


Robert Koehler

This talk was delivered on Sept. 25, in Band-e Amir, Afghanistan's first national park, in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Central Afghanistan, Bamiyan Pr...

More Than Half Million Kids React Badly To Drugs

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living


CHICAGO — More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treat...

The Female Belly: Hated Into Stillness

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.03.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan Corso

Part of what sets these dancers in high relief is their unbelievable control and flexibility, but the other, major portion of their grace is how much they so obviously love their womanly bodies and, by extension, their female selves.

I Need to Get Rid of Him

Juliet Linley | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living


Juliet Linley

"He knows I need to get rid of him. I can't stand him anymore," my colleague retorted. Then she added, equally angrily, "And he can't stand me."

Should the Poor Be Denied the Right to Bear Children?

Rohit Chopra | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Rohit Chopra

Here in America, could we better protect the environment, reduce crime, and increase school performance if the poor had fewer children? Maybe.

10 Best Playgrounds for Fun-Filled Adventures

Darell Hammond | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living


Darell Hammond

Children spend their free time inside, lured by television and computers. If there was greater access to quality playspaces, more people would spend time outdoors.

Live On Stage: Moms Tell All

Heather Cabot | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living


Heather Cabot

Through a series of new stage productions in New York and elsewhere, mom bloggers and tweeters will step into the spotlight and tell motherhood like it is to a live audience.

The Happiness Doctrine

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living


Daniel Heimpel

A new law is an amalgam of many of the best thoughts to be found in the foster care advocacy community and hinges on a common-sense yet revolutionary idea: that happiness is just as important as safety.

Spanking Is Bad For Children, Study Says

cnn.com | Elizabeth Landau CNN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living


A new study of more than 2,500 toddlers from low-income families found that spanking may have detrimental effects on behavior and mental development....

Psychotropic Drugs: Parameter Introduced For Children And Adolescents

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living


The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is proud to announce its new practice parameter on the use of psychotropic medications...

Learning to Be a Man

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Daniel Heimpel

It is hard for boys to become men when they don't have any in their lives. For John, the Chris I know and Andrade the difference can be a male role model, a mentor.

Family Dinner: 8 Reasons To Make Time

health.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Eating meals together goes beyond the opportunity for bonding and relaxing. And despite the feeling that there's no time for such luxuries, 59% of fam...

Stop, Drop and Pay Attention

Jeana Lee Tahnk | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Jeana Lee Tahnk

As busy parents, juggling the hustle and bustle of daily life and trying to stay one step ahead of everything we're responsible for, it's so easy to miss the simple, precious moments.

Pray for Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

Beck's predictions that health care reform would lead to government bureaucrats euthanizing people like his daughter are dead wrong, but we at Sojournors agree with Glenn on this point: God is the giver of life.

Marshmallow Test VIDEO: A Reenactment Of Walter Mischel's Child Psychology Test

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home


In the late 1960s, psychologist Walter Mischel performed a series of tests on preschoolers referred to as The Marshmallow Tests. Mischel would give a...

Sleep Tips: Making Sure Your Child Gets A Good Night's Rest

realsimple.com | Teri Cettina | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


Your child can't sleep? Put bedtime bugaboos--and your kids--to rest with these expert solutions....

Twenty-Seven Million Slaves

Russell Simmons | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


Russell Simmons

An estimated 27 million human beings worldwide today are living lives of exploitation. They are objects of ownership, forgotten as children in need of love, nurturing and protection.

Who Will Take Care of Me?

Rose Winters | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Rose Winters

There is a funny thing about life. With time and with experience, our perspectives change. What we once held on to so tightly, can hold little or no importance today.

10 Tips for Discovering Your Child's Strengths

Jenifer Fox | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Jenifer Fox

5. Listen to children. They know their strengths better than anyone. But in order to listen effectively, you must ask a lot of questions.

The Secret Bond That Sisters Share

Deborah Tannen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Deborah Tannen

A sister is someone with whom you can laugh and be silly like when you were kids; who still sees in you the child you were; who shares your past and your memories of it.

Fixing No Child Left Behind: What Our Schools Really Need

Susan Kane | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


Susan Kane

As millions of kids headed back to school this month, many parents, teachers, and administrators had a lot to think about. Things like, will there actually be enough seats in the ballooning classes?

Swimming Pools Fueling Allergies?

msn.com | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


Swimming in a chlorinated pool may boost the odds that a child susceptible to asthma and allergies will develop these problems, a study indicates....