Four Steps to Preparing Your Child for Surgery (PR.com)
This year, more than five million kids will undergo surgical procedures. And for those children and their parents, few things in life are scarier. Most parents don’t know where to begin when they hear, “Your child needs surgery” from their pediatricians. Fortunately, they can start here. The healthcare needs of children are very different from those of adults. Because of this, it is crucial that ...
Kids speak out at the DNC (New York Daily News)
Jacob West-Roberts, 14, blames the No Child Left Behind Act on his Colorados school lack of foreign language options.
Wednesday's Child - 3 siblings (KIFI Idaho Falls)
LeeAnna, Tanisha and Andrew are a very connected sibling group in need of a very special family to adopt them.
Kid Tips: Spoil the child, harm his or her character (Contra Costa Times)
ACCORDING TO the Oxford American Dictionary, one definition of the word "spoil" is "to harm the character of a person by lack of discipline or excessive generosity or pampering.
Frankfort Fall Festival coming up Labor Day weekend (The Lincoln-Way Sun)
The Frankfort Fall Festival was ranked ninth on Sunshine Artist's Annual 2007 Best Classic & Contemporary Crafts list, which ranks the top-selling art and craft shows in the United States.
Passing down clothes is successful form of recycling (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
By Samantha Critchell Associated Press NEW YORK -- Some kids' clothes have a long shelf life. After one child breaks in this year's back-to-school outfits, it's likely that someone else -- a younger sibling, a cousin, a kid whose mom is an avid second-hand shopper -- will wear them again at a later date.
Just when Indiana and Michigan have synchronized their clocks, the start of their respective school years is out of whack.Growing up is not what it used to be. For toddlers, mastering technology is becoming as first nature as learning English. And with Mom and Dad, or an older sibling toting gadgets that reflect a time of texting and googling, younger children want to tap into the fun.Ben Stiller’s latest film has taken comedy to a whole new level, a level which many say is tasteless and offensive.Author: Hart, Trudy C. Review Date: JULY 31, 2008 Publisher: BookSurge (32 pp.) ISBN (paperback): 978-1-419-68642-9 Category: AUTHORS Classification: CHILDRENSWith the price of diesel fuel hovering beyond $4.50 per gallon, some school districts with large bus fleets are making adjustments this year to get the maximum efficiency when schools reopen this week.
