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Liftoff for 'helicopter' parents Many parents who hovered over
their children from pre-K through college are now following them to their
first job. They're coaching their kids for interviews, attending job fairs,
and in a few cases, negotiating salaries. Some firms view this as a new
normal, but it's troubling.
They’ll defy school cell phone ban - Critics vow to fight on despite
court ruling In spite of a state judge’s decision that the city
Department of Education (DOE) has a legal right to ban cell phones from
public schools, one of the eight parents who filed a lawsuit challenging the
policy has vowed to continue fighting to get the rule eliminated.
Tyranny of the child gurus: You don't have to be a paranoid parent
Never before has the process of bringing up children been subject to so many
strictures by self-styled experts. Now the backlash has begun. There
was a time when parents were told that to guarantee family happiness,
children should be seen and not heard. Today it seems, to some, that a role
reversal has taken place. In the 21st century, it is the parents themselves
who are being told to shut up and learn from their betters.
Fit or fat? Even if your child is within the normal weight range,
if they’re inactive they’re losing out on several health benefits, including
enhanced immune systems, improved self-esteem, reduced stress and anxiety
and healthier bones.
More young athletes end game in E.R. Injuries are rising because
adolescent and teen athletes are playing more aggressively now at younger
ages, emergency room doctors said. With travel teams and clinics running
year round, young athletes have more opportunity to injure themselves -- and
less downtime to heal.
Book Review : Many Children Left Behind : How the No Child Left Behind Act
is Damaging Our Children There are always two sides to every coin,
and in education, many, many sides to any pedagogical issues. This book
attempts to dissect some of those issues, criticize and critique and then
offer plausible alternatives.
Boys can make the grade, if they're not bored A 2006 Vanderbilt
University study found girls had an advantage over boys when tests and tasks
were timed, something that's common in classrooms. The study showed boys
fared better when studying interesting or challenging material in smaller
chunks, and without hard and fast time limits. |
Genes underlie both hyperactivity and poor grades: study
Hyperactive behavior and difficulty in school share the same genetic roots,
conclude the authors of a new study of twins. The findings call into
question the assumption that hyperactive kids do poorly in school due to
lack of effort, as well as the idea that hyperactivity arises from
frustration with difficulties in school.
Youngest
Children Becoming Habitual TV Viewers There is a common stereotype
that exists concerning children and TV -- namely, that most parents who
allow their children to watch television are simply looking for an
electronic babysitter.
Puberty, risky behaviors go hand-in-hand Taking risks may be an
integral part of being a teenager, an expert on child development says.
While the part of the brain that seeks social and emotional rewards kicks
into overdrive during adolescence, Dr. Laurence Steinberg of Temple
University in Philadelphia explains in a new analysis of research on brain
and behavior, the network responsible for impulse control doesn't reach
maturity until adulthood.
Experts Help Parents Install Car Seats Anyone who has sweated or
sworn while struggling to install a child safety seat understands why Debbi
Baer gets desperate phone calls. Baer is one of roughly 30,000 National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration-certified Child Passenger Safety
Technicians. She's a graduate and instructor of a four-day course and if you
can't believe it takes four days to learn how buckle a safety seat in a car,
you've probably never installed one at least not properly.
A shameful surrender to pornographers Another federal judge has
struck down the Child Online Protection Act. Had it taken effect, the 1998
law would have done one simple thing: require Internet pornographers to
verify the age of customers through the use of adult-access codes or credit
cards.
Attention, Memory And Language Links In The Human Brain Mapped By
Pioneering Study A University of Arizona scientist who has
specialized in studying how fireflies and other creatures
communicate has won a million-dollar grant to conduct a pioneering
5-year study on the roles that attention and memory play when the
human brain hears and processes spoken language.
Children With Autism Can't
Discern Between A Frown And A
Smile When we have a
conversation with someone, we
not only hear what they say, we
see what they say.
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