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The Privatization of Our Children

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: California, Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Rural America, Children, Non-Profits, Privatization, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Children's Health, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

The question must be floated: can we as a society be engaged in privatizing our children?

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The Dubnoff Center Continues To Help Kids While California Continues To Cut Funds

Terry Gardner | Posted 10.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: Education Funding, Reggie Smith, Budget Cuts, Children, Education, Fundraiser, Dodgers, Sacramento, Dubnoff Center for Child Development, Learning Disabilities, Golf Tournament, Dubnoff, Impact News
Terry Gardner

The Dubnoff Center For Child Development plans to host its 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament in hopes of offsetting the massive California budget cuts that have stripped our educational institutions bare.

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Are We Playing Russian Roulette With Our Children?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Robyn O'Brien, The Unhealthy Truth, Children, Cocoa Krispies, Washington Post, Health, Allergykids, Centers for Disease Control, Cnn, Asthma, Adhd, Autism, Diabetes, Abc, Health Care, Allergies, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

Today, health care spending represents 17% of our GDP, but perhaps it is time that we view our children as more than just a sales channel for Big Pharma's money making medicine.

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Even After Boy's Death, States Say Children Are Not Getting Medicaid Dental Care

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kids, Children, Dental Care, Health Care, Gao, Medicaid, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Deamonte Driver, Low Income, Poverty, Dentists, Public Option, Dentistry, Universal Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Two years after a 12-year-old Maryland boy died from an untreated tooth infection, low-income kids continue to face barriers to den...

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Once Upon a Time

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Parenting, Children's Books, Children, Children's Psychology, Dylan Thomas, Relationships, Cuba, Living News
Olivia Rosewood

How much do the stories children hear influence who they become and how they think as adults? As a parent, I couldn't help but wonder.

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Is It Time For The "Mommy Lobby" Or A "Time Out" For Lobbyists?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Big Food, Hamburger, E.Coli, Children, Lobbyists, Healthcare, Health, Robyn O'Brien, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in 2009, the Agribusiness Industry has spent a total of 1,071 lobbyists who have spent $69,077,420 on lobbying efforts in 2009 to date.

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Nancy Daly, Philanthropist and Children's Activist, Dies at 68

Causecast | Karen Murphy | Posted 10.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: United Friends of the Children, Philanthropy, Children's Action Network, Robert Daly, Children, Activism, Richard Riordan, Bob Hertzberg, Nancy Daly, Impact News

Nancy MacNeil Daly Riordan, longtime philanthropist and estranged wife of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, has died of pancreatic cancer at a...

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Learn to Help Children Without Psychiatric Drugs

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychiatric Drugs, Psychiatry, Peter Breggin, Children, Psychiatric Diagnoses Families, Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

Learn how psychiatric diagnoses disempower children and mislead their parents and teachers. Learn how psychiatric drugs retard the development of children, cause serious adverse effects.

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The Body Shop: Stop Sex Trafficking of Children Campaign (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact

Read More: Donations, The Body Shop, Children, Conscious Shopping, Child Trafficking, Cosmetics, Conscious Consumerism, Causes, Sex Trafficking, Young People, Impact News

The Body Shop is a cosmetics company with a conscience, known for naturally-derived products and an emphasis on ethical business practices. Its founde...

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Colorado Counties Reject Department Of Human Services' Recommendation To Increase State Control

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 12.01.2009 | Denver

Read More: Welfare, Human Services, Social Services, Children, Child Welfare, Bill Ritter, Colorado Counties, Denver News

DENVER (AP)- Colorado counties say they will fight any attempt by the state to take over social services following the deaths of several children. Th...

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Attention Parents With an Autistic Child: Is a Sleep Clinic in Order?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism, Children, Sleep Hygiene, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

Nothing could be more challenging, exhausting and rewarding than raising an autistic child. One of the most commonly experienced problems, however, is trouble sleeping.

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Intolerable Cruelty: Our Sick Children's Indebted Future

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Federal Bailouts, Gas, Federal Budget Deficit, Children, Oil, Diabetes, Obesity, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Food Prices, Federal Budget, Allergies, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

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

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Kids on Kitchen Patrol

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Early-Child-Education, Parenting Tips, Children, Kitchen, Raising Children, Multicultural, Parenting, America, Domestic Chores, Iran, Marriage, Education, Kids, Parent-Child-Connections, Food, Parenting Advice, Division-of-Labor, Living News
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.

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

AP | By AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Rape, Attorney, Crime, Children, Camelview Elementary School, Liberia, Dawn Bergin, 9 Year Old, Boys, Arizona, Teacher, Judge Bergin, Phoenix, Teens, Africa, West Africa, West Phoenix, Liberian Boys, Teacher Testimony, Art Merchant, Judge Dawn Bergin, Toya Abrams, Liberia Refugee, Refugees, Shed, Home News

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...

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A Plea for Peace from Afghanistan

Robert Koehler | Posted 11.28.2009 | World

Read More: Children, Peace, Afghanistan, World News
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...

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More Than Half Million Kids React Badly To Drugs

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Hospitalization, Kids, Children, Prevention, Health, Side Effects, Prescription Drugs, Antibiotics, Medical Treatment, Drugs, Medicine, Penicillin, Children's Health, Drug, Wellness, Living News

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

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The Female Belly: Hated Into Stillness

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Women, Bellies, Children, Youtube, Bodies, Belly Dancing Superstars, Sarah Brown, Flat Belly, Women Body Image, Women's Health, Living News
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.

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I Need to Get Rid of Him

Juliet Linley | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Daycare, Toddlers, Parenting, Children, Journalism, Parents, Rome, Living News
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."

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Should the Poor Be Denied the Right to Bear Children?

Rohit Chopra | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Raising Children, College Tuition, Money, Personal Finance, Public Schools, Kids, Children, Poor Children Health Care, Poor, Health Insurance, Business News
Rohit Chopra

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

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10 Best Playgrounds for Fun-Filled Adventures

Darell Hammond | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Parks and Recreation, Healthy Living, Living News, Children, Playground, Design, Community, Children's Health, Outdoor Exercise, Living News
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.

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Live On Stage: Moms Tell All

Heather Cabot | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Theatre, The Well Mom, Heather Cabot, Moms, Mom-Bloggers, Drug Addiction, Women, Twitter, Children, Family Care International, Theater, Motherhood, Facebook, Babies, Gender, Living News
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.

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The Happiness Doctrine

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Jim McDermott, House Ways and Means Committee, Children's Health, Children, Foster Care, Education, Congress, Child Care, Happiness, Living News
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.

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Spanking Is Bad For Children, Study Says

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

Read More: Raising Children, Parenting, Mental Health, Aggression, Relationships, Children, Children's Health, Discipline, Living News

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....

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Psychotropic Drugs: Parameter Introduced For Children And Adolescents

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Children, Health, Psychotropic Drugs, Adolescents, Psychiatric Drugs, Psychology, Children's Health, Medicine, Practice Parameter on the Use of Psychotropic Medication in Children and Adolescents., Living News

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

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Learning to Be a Man

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mentors, Volunteering, Mary Landrieu, Children, Rosie O'Donnell, Foster Care, Living News
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.

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