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Why Parents Help Tweens Violate Facebook's 13+ Rule

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Danah Boyd - Nov. 01 (Opinion) - "At what age should I let my child join Facebook?" This is a question that countless parents have asked my collaborators and me. Often, it's followed by the following: "I know that 13 is the minimum age to join Facebook, but is it really so bad that my 12-year-old is on the site?" While parents are struggling to determine what social media sites are appropriate for their children, government tries to help parents by regulating what data internet companies can collect about children without parental permission. Yet, as has been the case for the last decade, this often backfires. Many general-purpose communication platforms and social media sites restrict access to only those 13+ in response to a law meant to empower parents: the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). This forces parents to make a difficult choice: help uphold the minimum age requirements and limit their children's access to services that let kids connect with family and friends OR help their children lie about their age to circumvent the age-based restrictions and eschew the protections that COPPA is meant to provide.

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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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California ban on sale of 'violent' video games to children rejected

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

CNN - By Bill Mears - Jun. 28 (News Report) - The Supreme Court has struck down a California law that would have banned selling "violent" video games to children, a case balancing free speech rights with consumer protection. The 7-2 ruling Monday is a victory for video game makers and sellers, who said the ban -- which had yet to go into effect -- would extend too far. They say the existing nationwide, industry-imposed, voluntary rating system is an adequate screen for parents to judge the appropriateness of computer game content.

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Opinion: Parents, don't dress your girls like tramps

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By LZ Granderson - Apr. 19 (Opinion) - I saw someone at the airport the other day who really caught my eye...Yeah, that 8-year-old girl was something to see all right... I hope her parents are proud. Their daughter was the sexiest girl in the terminal, and she's not even in middle school yet.

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A Little-Known Problem in Children With Autism: Wandering Away

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

Time - By Amie Ninh - Apr. 13 (News) - For any parent, few things strike more fear than a missing child. But for parents of children with autism, the potential for wandering may be more dire: children with autism have a tendency to flee, and can sometimes put themselves in harm's way. Although it is a little-known problem, wandering is perhaps the leading cause of death among children with autism.

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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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Fixes: Mothers-to-Be Are Getting the Message

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:53:57 -0800

New York Times - By By DAVID BORNSTEIN - Feb. 07 (Opinion) - A free service, text4baby, delivers crucial health advice via text message to pregnant women and new mothers.

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In Defense of the Western Mom

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Wall Street Journal - By Ayelet Waldman - Jan. 15 (Opinion) - Here are some of the things that my four children of a Jewish mother were always allowed to do: • Quit the piano and the violin, especially if their defeatist attitude coincided with a recital, thus saving me from the torture of listening to other people's precious children soldier through hackneyed pieces of the juvenile repertoire, plink after ever more unbearable plonk. • Sleep over at their friends' houses, especially on New Year's Eve or our anniversary, thus saving us the cost of a babysitter. • Play on the computer and surf the Internet, so long as they paid for their Neopet Usuki dolls and World of Warcraft abomination cleavers out of their own allowances. • Participate in any extracurricular activity they wanted, so long as I was never required to drive farther than 10 minutes to get them there, or to sit on a field in a folding chair in anything but the balmiest weather for any longer than 60 minutes. • Quit said extracurricular activities, especially if their quitting coincided with league finals that might have demanded participation on my part exceeding the requirements stated above. In the days since this newspaper published Amy Chua's simultaneously entertaining and infuriating excerpt from her new book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," my two elder children, 16 and 13, have devoted a remarkable amount of time to raging against the essay and crafting compelling and bombastic rebuttals to be delivered to Ms. Chua herself, should they ever encounter her.

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What Real Diversity Means

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Miller-McCune - By James Badham - Nov. 09 (Special Report) - The way Americans often squirm when terms like race and diversity are introduced suggests that even many best-intentioned approaches to these defining issues are all wrong.

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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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Combating Gay Teen Suicide: What Parents Can Do

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Dr. Harold Koplewicz - Oct. 14 (Opinion) - Over the past few weeks it has been impossible to miss the flood of news stories about gay teens ending their own lives after enduring anti-gay bullying. Eighteen-year-old Tyler Clementi, 15-year-old Billy Lucas, and 13-year-olds Asher Brown and Seth Walsh were living in different corners of America -- New Jersey, Indiana, Texas, and California -- but each of them was subjected to the same kind of intolerance and cruelty, which included callous disregard for their online privacy.

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Why Parents Hate Parenting

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Magazine - By Jennifer Senior - Jul. 06 (Special Report) - As a rule, most studies show that mothers are less happy than fathers, that single parents are less happy still, that babies and toddlers are the hardest, and that each successive child produces diminishing returns. But some of the studies are grimmer than others. Robin Simon, a sociologist at Wake Forest University, says parents are more depressed than nonparents no matter what their circumstances—whether they’re single or married, whether they have one child or four.

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Children of lesbian parents do better than their peers

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New Scientist - By Jim Giles - Jun. 09 (News Report) - The children of lesbian parents outscore their peers on academic and social tests, according to results from the longest-running study of same-sex families.

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More teens using rhythm method

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Mike Stobbe - Jun. 02 (News Report) - A new national survey found that a growing number of teens say they use the rhythm method for birth control, and more teens also think it's OK for an unmarried female to have a baby.

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Fewer women dying in childbirth, study says

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By David Brown - Apr. 14 (News Report) - The rate at which women die in childbirth or soon after delivery has fallen by about 40 percent since 1980, with dramatic reductions in the populous nations of India, China, Brazil and Egypt.

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Study: Segregation rife at charter schools

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

San Francisco Chronicle - By jtucker@sfchronicle.com (Jill Tucker) - Feb. 05 (News Report) - De facto segregation is alive and well in public schools in virtually every state, but is more common in charter schools - an educational option increasingly endorsed in state and national reform efforts, according to a national study released Thursday. The...

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US teen pregnancy rate up for first time since 1990: study

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Raw Story - Jan. 28 (News Report) - The US teen pregnancy rate rose in 2006 for the first time in 16 years, an report showed Tuesday, as experts speculated that the increase was due to abstinence-only sex education in schools.

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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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Autism cluster found in Santa Clara County linked to parent education, not neighborhood toxins

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

San Jose Mercury News - By Lisa M. Krieger - Jan. 06 (News Report) - The UC-Davis scientists concluded that parents of autistic children in South Bay and nine other clusters across the state were more likely to be white, live near a major treatment center, be highly educated and slightly older. A diagnosis of autism requires considerable advocacy by parents, who must navigate the complex world of pediatrics, psychiatry and autism diagnosticians. Once diagnosed, children gain access to all types of specialized services.

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Lax parents 'fuel binge drinking'

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Martin Hutchinson - Dec. 17 (News Report) - Parents who allow their children alcohol at home may increase the chances of future drink problems, says England's top doctor.

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Swedish group renames hymen 'vaginal corona' -

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

thelocal.se - Dec. 08 (News Report) - A Swedish sexual rights group unilaterally proclaimed a new English term for what it considers one of the most misunderstood parts of the female anatomy. “The mythical status of the hymen has caused far too much harm for far too long,” the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) said in a statement. “The new term in English is vaginal corona.”

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Phthalate exposure linked to less-masculine play by boys

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Science Daily - Nov. 15 (News Report) - A study of 145 preschool children reports, for the first time, that when the concentrations of two common phthalates in mothers' prenatal urine are elevated their sons are less likely to play with male-typical toys and games, such as trucks and play fighting.

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Like a Rat

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Slate - By Alan E. Kazdin, Carlo Rotella - Nov. 12 (News Analysis) - Psychologists who work with children and families tend to avoid mentioning to parents that the treatments they use are often based on research done on animals.

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What’s Good for the Kids

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

New York Times - By Lisa Belkin - Nov. 06 (Special Report) - It has been apparent for a while now that we live in child-centric times. We approach parenting with a single-mindedness that baffles our own parents, and certainly their parents, who thought children should be seen and not heard. We think it’s just fine to put our kids ahead of our careers, our relationships, our social lives, and even if we aren’t doing so, everyone around us seems to be.

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