Education – UK Government plans against parents.

A Gov white paper proposes that Teachers take parents to Court, attend classes and face £1,000 fines with a jail sentence for none payment. Additional action includes compulsory parenting classes if a 10-15 year old is being considered for an Asbo.     It’s...

Car struck three-year-old boy, driver arrested

A three-year-old Mississauga boy was struck by Car around 1 a.m. Its believed that the baby had put on his father's running shoes, walked through the front door, squeezed though a break in the fence and was...

Two gay penguins raise their adopted chick in Germany

Two gay penguins at a zoo in Bremerhaven Germany have hatched their own chick and are now acting as its adoptive parents. They were given the egg as it was rejected by its biological parents so the gay couple...

child labour

90% of child laborers are rural children. Many migrate to cities and end up begging, prostitution, domestic helpers, or other odd jobs. It is easy to say “give them education and not work”, but the question...

Stanford Uni. launches Facebook Course for Parents

Stanford University in California US has just launched a course called “Facebook for Parents.”  The course, taught in 4 sessions, was created to guide parents through the intricacies of North America’s most popular online social network. The course, officially...

Japanese Teen Chooses Homeland Over Parents In Deportation Case

Thirteen-year-old Japanese teen of Filipino descent Noriko Calderon had to face a tough choice as the result of a deportation scandal that affected her family. Her parents have illegally immigrated to Japan from...

Abortion under 16 in Alaska now requires parental consent

Any girl under the age of 16 in Alaska who wishes to get an abortion will need her parent's consent, according to a new bill passed through the state House today.  House Bill 35 was introduced that would now require parents to give their approval for an abortion if their...

Parents and Doctors Create Monsters Out of Autistics

i am calling for the immediate public shaming of, and lawsuits for abuse, against Ann Bauer, the mother of Andrew Bauer, a person who started life as autistic and has since been destroyed and changed into a violent...

On Campus: The Pro-Palestinians' Real Agenda

By Khaled Abu ToamehThis was written by one of the most respected Palestinian Journalists in the Middle East. I encourage everyone  to read this piece because it is sanity in the midst of hatred. The bigots and haters of Israel in North America and around the globe have...

The Web world - do you know what your children are doing?

A study by Web world security giant, Symantec, indicates that our children are spending a lot more time on the internet than most parents believe, begging the question, 'do you know what your children are doing?' The...

Glam-mas -- They're not your 1950s grandmothers!

Grandparenting, particularly grandMOTHERING, is under scrutiny these days with the Obama children having a very traditional, hand-ons nana right in the White House with them. It seems that scenario has raised some...

Dirt....it's what's for dinner?

As a boy I climbed trees, explored the local forest and played in the dirt and mud.  Although my mother always gave me grief about "bringing those dirty clothes in the house" maybe being a dirty little kid...

Feb 10 is Safer Internet Day in Europe, protecting youth the goal

Countries throughout the European Union highlighted Safer Internet Day on February 10 with a commitment to making the web a safer place for youth. Research involving approximately 20,000 Internet users between the...

Power Outlets That Don't Shock To Be Released in Canada

Cautious parents used to rely on plastic covers for home power outlets to prevent their children from getting electrocuted through inserting metal objects into power receptacles. But such measures will no longer...

Arduous Adoption Process Worth the Wait for Arizona Parents

TUCSON -- Carrie Kaiser spent many nights crying, waiting for her sons to arrive. She yearned to hold the 4-year-old Sergey and 5-year-old Mikhail in her arms and call them her own. More than a year had...

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