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  • February 2008

    • 'Perfect' School Photos, But at What Cost?

      Newsweek  |  Feb 22, 08 11:52 AM CST

      'Perfect' School Photos, But at What Cost?

      (Newser) - Popular and inexpensive digital retouching of school photos has some parents concerned about the effects on kids’ sense of body image, Newsweek reports. Clients for retouching services—powdering complexions, whitening teeth, reshaping eyebrows and so forth—are getting younger and younger, creating, one historian says, "a culture of kids who are being socialized to unrealistic images." More »

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      children  • photography  • childhood  • body image  • digital retouching

    • 4 Kids Killed in School Bus Crash

      Minneapolis Star Tribune  |  Feb 20, 08 4:10 AM CST

      4 Kids Killed in School Bus Crash

      (Newser) - Four young students heading home were killed yesterday when their school bus was broadsided by a van on a rural highway in southwestern Minnesota, the Minneapolis-St.Paul Star-Tribune reports. "Some of these kids were so little," said a motorist who helped evacuate children from the rooftop emergency hatch of the toppled bus. "And there were just so many. They were screaming and crying. Some were bleeding." Once children were safely on the ground, some called out for siblings still inside. More »

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      children  • accident  • Minnesota  • student  • crash

    • Parents Feel Negative About New New Math

      Washington Post  |  Feb 19, 08 12:40 PM CST

      Parents Feel Negative About New New Math

      (Newser) - What happens when parents can't help their first-graders with their math homework? They get upset, as parents in Virginia have over the latest "new" math, which emphasizes problem-solving and visualization over memorization and drills. Many are pressing the school district to dump its new math textbook series, the Washington Post reports, and 1,000 have signed a petition to “teach math right.” More »

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      children  • education  • parenting  • mathematics  • elementary school

    • Major Knee Injuries Soar for Child Athletes

      New York Times  |  Feb 18, 08 7:07 AM CST

      Major Knee Injuries Soar for Child Athletes

      (Newser) - The number of serious knee injuries that doctors once saw only in adults is skyrocketing among children as kid sports become increasingly demanding, reports the New York Times . Injuries such as a torn ACL—the major ligament that stabilizes the knee—require surgery that poses particular risks to children who are still growing, according to experts. As many as eight times as many girls suffer ACL tears than boys, physicians report. More »

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      children  • sports  • soccer  • knee injury  • torn ACL  • knee

    • Gay Couples Hit New Stage: Grandparents

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Feb 7, 08 3:00 PM CST

      Gay Couples Hit New Stage: Grandparents

      (Newser) - A t-shirt slogan—"I love my trailblazing, woman-loving, out and proud grandma"—is proof: A growing demographic of gay couples who had kids in the 1970s are now grandparents. Gay-rights groups tell the Philadelphia Inquirer that such role models show kids how the world can change. "People with LGBT grandparents learn a broader view of how people can love," says one official. More »

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      children  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • adoption  • LGBT

    • Al-Qaeda Trains Boys to Fight

      CNN  |  Feb 6, 08 4:34 PM CST

      Al-Qaeda Trains Boys to Fight

      (Newser) - Al-Qaeda is training young Iraqi boys to become gunmen and kidnappers, the US military alleges. The military released a video that shows boys in face masks brandishing grenade launchers and guns and harassing Iraqi citizens, CNN reports. In one scene, a boy wears a suicide vest. "Al-Qaeda wants to poison the next generation of Iraqis," said Rear Adm. Gregory Smith. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • children  • al-Qaeda in Iraq

    • Fighting Scars Smallest Kenyans

      BBC  |  Feb 3, 08 3:43 PM CST

      Fighting Scars Smallest Kenyans

      (Newser) - The violence in Kenya is separating droves of children from their parents—sometimes forever, the BBC reports. One Nairobi orphanage is currently hosting 60 displaced children; some wait for their parents to find them, but most know their mothers and fathers are already dead. "It's been a traumatizing experience for them," says one Red Cross activist. More »

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      children  • Kenya  • ethnic violence  • orphans  • orphanage

  • January 2008

    • Cold Meds Land 7,000 Kids a Year in the Hospital

      Reuters  |  Jan 29, 08 4:43 AM CST

      Cold Meds Land 7,000 Kids a Year in the Hospital

      (Newser) - More than 7,000 American children a year end up in emergency rooms after taking over-the-counter cold or cough medicines, the federal Centers for Disease Control reports. Most of the children take overdoses of the drugs on their own, but a quarter have bad reactions to normal doses given by their parents, according to the study of kids under 12 published in Pediatrics . More »

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      children  • children's health care  • common cold  • cold medicine  • cough syrup  • cough medicine

    • Puberty Starting for Girls as Young as 6

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 24, 08 11:14 AM CST

      Puberty Starting for Girls as Young as 6

      (Newser) - The first signs of puberty are appearing earlier and earlier in American girls, reports the Los Angeles Times . Early breast development is becoming so common that some experts are suggesting that the age at which it is considered abnormal be shifted down to 6 years of age for African-American girls and 7 for Caucasians. Later signs of puberty, pubic hair and menstruation, are appearing at intervals further apart, puzzling pediatricians. More »

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      children  • obesity  • pediatrics  • pediatricians  • puberty

    • Gotta Have My (Barbie) MP3

      Advertising Age  |  Jan 21, 08 2:18 PM CST

      Gotta Have My (Barbie) MP3

      (Newser) - Digital music players are hot—even with the lunchbox set: A recent study shows 31% of 6 to 10-year-olds use them. This means a whole new market for kid-themed players, accessories, music and video, reports Advertising Age . Indeed, players aimed at children have proliferated in the past two years. “They have a whole wall of them in Toys 'R' Us," said one researcher. More »

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      children  • marketing  • iPod  • portable media players  • MP3

    • Scientists ID Leukemia Stem Cells

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 18, 08 7:09 AM CST

      Scientists ID Leukemia Stem Cells

      (Newser) - British scientists have identified the stem cells that cause the most common type of childhood leukemia, the Times of London reports. The unprecedented discovery means doctors can monitor cell levels in young cancer patients and stop treatment when those cells are gone, said a leading oncology expert. The work also could help scientists develop therapies targeting the specific cells. More »

    • Conn. Grade School Kills Dessert

      CBS  |  Jan 11, 08 11:55 AM CST

      Conn. Grade School Kills Dessert

      (Newser) - Hoping to curb the trend toward obesity and diabetes in children, one Connecticut school has taken a drastic measure: It no longer serves sweets. The ice cream and cookies that drew huge cafeteria crowds twice a week have been replaced with fruit and yogurt, reports CBS 2 New York. The move makes parents happy, but many students are less than thrilled. More »

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      children  • obesity  • Connecticut  • junk food  • raising children

    • Movie Smoking Sways Kids to Light Up

      WebMD  |  Jan 9, 08 8:28 PM CST

      Movie Smoking Sways Kids to Light Up

      (Newser) - Movies sway kids to smoke at a much younger age than previously thought, a new study finds. Dartmouth Medical School tracked 2,200 kids aged 9-12 who went to a range of G, PG, and PG-13 films, and found that those who saw more on-screen smoking were more likely to light up later, WebMD reports. "The vast majority of smoking in movies that children are exposed to comes from movies that are youth-rated," one researcher said. More »

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      movie  • children  • smoking  • cigarettes

  • December 2007

    • Parents Blind to Their Fat Kids

      Associated Press  |  Dec 25, 07 3:20 PM CST

      Parents Blind to Their Fat Kids

      (Newser) - Nearly half the parents of severely overweight children ages 6 to 11 said their child was “about the right weight,” and only 13% recognized that their child had a severe problem, says a University of Michigan study. The results indicate parents think children will “grow out” of obesity or that something will change as they age, reports the AP. More »

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      health  • children  • obesity  • childhood obesity  • health study  • obesity epidemic  • fat  • overweight  • obese

    • Best Places to Educate Children

      Forbes  |  Dec 20, 07 5:31 PM CST

      Best Places to Educate Children

      (Newser) - Wondering where’s the best place to educate your children? Compiling scores from various criteria--strength of the public school system, options for private schools, library popularity, the abundance of higher-learning institutions—Forbes magazine made a list of the best educational environments. Here’s the top ten: Washington, DC-Arlington, VA Madison, WI Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA More »

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      list  • children  • education  • public schools  • libraries  • private schools

    • Potty-Mouthed 'Santa' Letters Horrify Canada

      Ottawa Citizen  |  Dec 14, 07 12:17 PM CST

      Potty-Mouthed 'Santa' Letters Horrify Canada

      (Newser) - Letters from Santa distributed to at least 10 children in Ottawa are smearing the good name of jolly old St. Nick, the Citizen reports: They contain vulgar messages written by an unidentified “rogue elf.” The head of Canada Post says the country's postal service is "shocked and heartbroken" by the letters, which have shut down the Write to Santa program. More »

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      children  • Canada  • letters  • prank  • mail  • Santa Claus

    • Britney Faces Child Abuse Probe

      Associated Press  |  Dec 6, 07 6:19 AM CST

      Britney Faces Child Abuse Probe

      (Newser) - LA child welfare authorities are investigating "multiple" allegations of child abuse and neglect concerning pop princess Britney Spears, AP reports. Officials are concerned about the safety her two young sons when left in Spears' care, according to a statement from a county attorney. His comments were part of a family services agency's request to unseal court documents in the custody case between Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline. More »

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      children  • Britney Spears  • Kevin Federline  • custody  • Jayden James Federline  • Sean Preston

    • Fat Kids Risk Adult Heart Health

      Washington Post  |  Dec 6, 07 5:29 AM CST

      Fat Kids Risk Adult Heart Health

      (Newser) - Overweight kids significantly increase their risk their heart disease later in life, a new study has found. Those who carried extra pounds between the ages of 7 and 13 were much more likely to develop heart disease between 25 and 71 even if they were slightly overweight and possibly even if they lost the extra pounds, according to the study in the New England Journal of Medicine. More »

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      health  • children  • heart disease  • childhood obesity  • overweight  • studies

    • NY Diocese's Coloring Book Warns of Abuse

      Newsweek  |  Dec 5, 07 9:06 AM CST

      NY Diocese's Coloring Book Warns of Abuse

      (Newser) - A coloring book handed out by the Catholic Church to kids in New York warns them not to be alone with an adult in a room with the door shut, Newsweek reports. It doesn't specifically name priests as a risk, but it does depict an angel warning an altar boy not to "be alone in a closed room with an adult." A man with his back turned—possibly a priest—is smiling at the child. More »

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      children  • New York  • Catholic Church  • education  • priest  • priest sex abuse  • clergy abuse scandal  • clergy

    • Fevers Offer Clues to Autism

      ABC News  |  Dec 4, 07 4:50 PM CST

      Fevers Offer Clues to Autism

      (Newser) - Fevers may alleviate symptoms of autism, including repetitive movements, irritability, and hyperactivity, a recent study shows. The findings confirm what parents have long observed, fueling the hypothesis that heat affects neurotransmitters in the brain that are somehow involved in autism. The research could lead to clues to a cure for the disease, ABC News reports. More »

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      children  • autism  • neurological disorder  • fever

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