All posts tagged "Parenting"

By Choice, Not by Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development

Video Visits for Children Whose Parents Are Incarcerated: In Whose Best Interest?

Complex Factors, Not Just Bullying, Underlie Teen Suicides

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As media coverage of bullying has expanded over the past few years, so have mischaracterizations of the relationship between...

Overcoming the Stereotyping of Parents for the Benefit of All

Parents can present an enigmatic force in juvenile justice–they can play a positive role in the rehabilitative process or be obstructive. I...

Tweens the ‘Sweet Spot’ for Phone Sales

Disney may have been too far ahead of trends when it launched its short-lived mobile phone service in 2006. These days, the...

Supreme Court’s Health Care Decision: Good for Kids, What About Parents?

Yesterday’s affirmation of the federal Affordable Care Act by the U.S. Supreme Court maintains several important health care provisions that protect the...

Growing up LGBT in America: Youth Survey Report

Fake Pot Once Again for Sale in Georgia Despite Ban

Packages of synthetic marijuana are once again available for sale legally, despite a law passed in March banning the drug, because manufacturers...

Wise Words to the Pre-Tattooed Teen

Our 21 year old took a summer job in a tattoo shop. It seemed perfect at the time because he was an...

Performance-Based Scholarships May Improve Academic Progress of College Students

Heavy Marijuana Use Among Teens on the Rise

Heavy marijuana use among teens has increased drastically in recent years, with nearly one in 10 sparking up 20 times or more...

Children in the United States – Report and Factsheet

Analysis of Obama’s Budget Proposal as it Relates to Youth Issues

“A breakdown and analysis of the President’s 2013 budget proposal as it relates to children and families.”

Want Fries with That? Only if it’s Regulated

Care for a fizzy soda pop with that lunch room meal? How about a thick slice of pizza to add to that...

Nebraska’s big-government conservatives criminalize being home sick from school

Last August, more than 20 families were forced to gather at the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha for an exercise in mass...

HHS Requires Some Head Start Programs to Compete for First Time

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will for the first time force underperforming Head Start grantees to compete for funding...

Family-Provider Relationships: A Multidisciplinary Review of High Quality Practices and Associations with Family, Child and Provider Outcomes

Administration for Children and Families Positive relationships between service providers and the adults receiving services are connected with better outcomes for youth,...

The Child Abuse Statistic That’s Scary, Ubiquitous – and Wrong

A 17-year-old and a 19-year-old go out on a date. At the end of the evening they kiss goodnight. If that is...

Expanding Child Abuse Laws Unlikely to Protect More Kids

High-profile crimes can generate watershed changes in policy and practice. The publicity surrounding the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson helped lead to...

Foster Children with Incarcerated Parents a Murky Subject for States, Report Finds

States child welfare agencies are resistant to pursuing reunification with parents – 30,000 or more – who are incarcerated while their child...