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It's the Ads, Stupid: Why TV Leads to Obesity

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Alice Park - Jun. 28 (News) - How much TV do your kids watch? If you don't know, you might want to find out, say experts, since the time children spend in front of a TV or computer screen can have a profound effect on their physical and developmental health.

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China shuts battery factories due to lead poisoning

Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 30 (News) - Battery factories across China have been closed amid fears about poisoning from metals used by the industry. About 74 people have been detained after reports that more than 100 people, including children, were effected [sic] by lead and cadmium poisoning.

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Circumcision Ban to Appear on San Francisco Ballot

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Staff writers - May. 18 (News) - An initiative that would ban the circumcision of males younger than 18 in San Francisco has received enough signatures to appear on the ballot. The practice would become a misdemeanor.

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Iraq's abandoned children

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Jane Arraf - May. 10 (Special Report) - there are just four small orphanages in the capital, Baghdad - none of them filled to capacity. The Iraqi government says that relatives would rather abandon children they are unable to take care of than bear the shame of bringing them to an orphanage.

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Do Girl Scout Cookies Harm the Environment?

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By Tara Kelly - May. 05 (Special Report) - Girl Scout cookie lovers, beware. Because of palm oil, a key ingredient, those delicious and addictive treats may not be as innocent as they seem. Not only is the ingredient linked to child labor in Indonesia, but it also allegedly contributes to rainforest deforestation.

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'Best' Places to Live With Autism All in Major Metro Areas: Survey

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

U.S. News & World Report - By Jenifer Goodwin - Apr. 13 (News) - Even so, three-fourths of families polled nationwide said they had difficulty accessing needed services

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China says milk was tainted with nitrite intentionally

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Apr. 11 (News) - Investigators have found that a tainted milk incident in north-west China which killed three children appears to be a case of intentional poisoning and have detained a suspect, state media said.

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At Victim's School, Shock, Sorrow and Nightmares

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jennifer Medina - Jan. 11 (News) - As classes at Mesa Verde resumed for the first time since the shooting on Saturday that killed six people, including 9-year-old Christina, the school grappled with how to talk about the tragedy with the young students here.

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Government bans traditional cribs

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Baltimore Sun - By Patricia Callahan, Ellen Gabler - Dec. 15 (News) - In an effort to eliminate hidden hazards that caused babies throughout the country to die in their cribs, the nation's top regulator of children's products today passed the toughest safety rules for cribs in history, including a ban on the sale and manufacture of models with sides that drop down.

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iPhones for Toddlers

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - Oct. 16 (News Report) - The bedroom door opened and a light went on, signaling an end to nap time. The toddler, tousle-haired and sleepy-eyed, clambered to a wobbly stand in his crib. He smiled, reached out to his father, and uttered what is fast becoming the cry of his generation: “iPhone!”

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Major health insurers to stop offering new child-only policies

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By N.C. Aizenman - Sep. 20 (News) - Some of the country's most prominent health insurance companies have decided to stop offering new child-only plans, rather than comply with rules in the new health-care law that will require such plans to start accepting children with preexisting medical conditions after Sept. 23.

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In their nurture

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Lizzie Buchen - Sep. 08 (News Analysis) - Can epigenetics underlie the enduring effects of a mother's love? Lizzie Buchen investigates the criticisms of a landmark study and the controversial field to which it gave birth.

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In Young Kids, Lack Of Sleep Linked To Obesity Later

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

NPR - Sep. 07 (News Report) - Can you sleep away pounds? Well, not exactly, but research has shown that people who sleep a good eight hours-plus are more likely to maintain a normal weight than those who sleep less than eight hours a night. Now, a new study finds that even for infants and preschoolers, a good, long night's sleep may be just as important as diet and physical activity. Over the past three decades, obesity rates have doubled among children age 2 to 5, and tripled among 6- to 11-year-olds. So University of Washington maternal and child health researcher Janice Bell wanted to know whether sleep had anything to do with it. She looked at federal data collected on nearly 2,000 children and compared those who slept 10 hours or more a night with those who slept less. She also looked at how much the children weighed over a five-year period. The most striking findings had to do with infants and toddlers. The study appears in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. "They were nearly twice as likely to move from normal weight to overweight, or overweight to obese in that five-year period," she says.

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Why Johnny Can't Name His Colors

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Melody Dye - Jul. 17 (News Report) - No, the kid's probably not color blind. A trick for teaching children colors at a younger age -- and why it is otherwise so hard for them.

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Wait to clamp umbilical cord, study says

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Robin Nixon - May. 25 (News Report) - Usually within the first minute of birth, the umbilical cord running between mother and infant is clamped. But this may be too fast, researchers say.

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Moral Life of Babies

Sat, 08 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Paul Bloom - May. 08 (Special Report) - I have long been fascinated by the capacities and inclinations of babies and children. The mental life of young humans not only is an interesting topic in its own right; it also raises — and can help answer — fundamental questions of philosophy and psychology, including how biological evolution and cultural experience conspire to shape human nature. In graduate school, I studied early language development and later moved on to fairly traditional topics in cognitive development, like how we come to understand the minds of other people — what they know, want and experience.

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Obesity risks start before birth

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Chicago Tribune - By Shari Roan - Apr. 09 (News Report) - The notion that a lifelong weight trajectory might be programmed so early is startling, says Dr. Nicolas Stettler, associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Each of the three early-life stages comes with the chance to intervene, breaking a lifetime cycle of obesity and dieting before it starts.

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Lesbian Couple Adoption Approved By Miami Court | SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Miami Herald - By Carol Marbin Miller - Jan. 27 (News Report) - With the blessing of her large extended family, Vanessa Alenier took custody of an infant relative who had been seized by child welfare workers. She moved him into a yellow nursery with a blond wood crib, a blue-striped carpet and a mobile. When she asked the state to for permission to adopt him, the application included a simple question. Are you gay? Alenier, 34, said she did not want to begin her journey as a parent with a lie. So she told the truth -- despite Florida's 33-year-old law banning gay men and lesbians from adopting. Earlier this month -- as a Miami appeals court determines the constitutionality of the embattled adoption ban -- a judge quietly approved the 1-year-old's adoption. The decision by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Maria Sampedro-Iglesia is the third finalized adoption by a gay couple within the last year.

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Ruling a third strike against Florida's gay adoption ban - Miami-Dade

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

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Dirty babies get healthier hearts

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New Scientist - By Debora MacKenzie - Dec. 10 (News Report) - AFFLUENT, modern babies live in a sanitised world. This has already been blamed for a high incidence of asthma and allergies, but might also up the risk of developing a host of other conditions common in rich countries, such as stroke and heart disease.

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Post-traumatic stress may harm kids' brains

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Elizabeth Landau - Dec. 09 (Investigative Report) - Psychological trauma may leave a visible trace in a child's brain, scientists say.

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Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control?

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Paul Tough - Sep. 27 (Special Report) - Over the last few years, a new buzz phrase has emerged among scholars and scientists who study early-childhood development, a phrase that sounds more as if it belongs in the boardroom than the classroom: executive function. Originally a neuroscience term, it refers to the ability to think straight: to order your thoughts, to process information in a coherent way, to hold relevant details in your short-term memory, to avoid distractions and mental traps and focus on the task in front of you. And recently, cognitive psychologists have come to believe that executive function, and specifically the skill of self-regulation, might hold the answers to some of the most vexing questions in education today.

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'Grandfamilies' Come Under Pressure

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Lucette Lagnado - Apr. 04 (Special Report) - Today, more and more children are being raised by their grandparents. These grandparents provide a crucial safety net, allowing children whose parents can't provide for them to remain in families, instead of winding up as wards of the state. But as the recession hits "grandfamilies," that safety net is under stress.

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Goal of Preschool for All Tests Education System - WSJ.com

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Robert Tomsho - Mar. 24 (Special Report) - When Mateus Bontempo started preschool at a public school in Long Branch, N.J., he rarely talked and was so shy he'd stand in the classroom doorway until a teacher came to escort him inside. Anna Dasilva, his mother, says educators worked with Mateus on his social skills, sometimes taking him to other classrooms to meet new children. Four years later, the eight-year-old third grader plays trumpet, participates in math competitions and performs in plays. "They really helped him along," says Mrs. Dasilva, who thinks all children should have the same preschool opportunity. So does President Barack Obama. As one of the main goals of his education plan, he wants to spend $10 billion to encourage states to offer universal preschool and expand federal early-learning programs like Head Start. The recently passed stimulus bill includes half that spending goal, or $5 billion, for Head Start and related early-childhood efforts.

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Miami-Dade schools can yank book on Cuba

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Miami Herald - By Kathleen McGrory, Jay Weaver, Jennifer Lebovich - Feb. 06 (News Report) - A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Miami-Dade School Board did not violate the Constitution in 2006 when it removed a controversial children's book about Cuba from the public schools' library system. In a 2-1 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the board did not breach the First Amendment, and ordered a Miami federal judge to lift a preliminary injunction that had allowed Vamos a Cuba to be checked out from school libraries. The majority opinion supported the School Board's authority to set educational standards in Miami-Dade, saying the bilingual book, part of a library series on 24 nations, presented an ''inaccurate'' view of life in Cuba under its former leader, Fidel Castro.

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