The Power of Talking to Your Baby

By Tina Rosenberg, The New York Times, USA - By the time a poor child is 1 year old, she has most likely already fallen behind middle-class children in her ability to talk, understand and learn. The gap between poor...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on April 11, 2013 9:15 AM

It's Time to Remove Racism from Children's Books

by Dialika Neufeld, Der Spiegel, Germany - There are also children for whom constantly being labeled a "nigger" is more painful than it was for me in my own childhood. That alone is enough reason why publishers should revise their...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on January 28, 2013 4:21 AM

Syria's War Leaves Its Scars on the Children

by Deborah Amos, NPR, USA - The war in Syria is taking a huge toll on the children. An international team of researchers that interviewed Syrian kids in a refugee camp in Turkey found that 3 out of 4 have...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on January 9, 2013 1:36 AM

Most Children in Syria Are Hostages of Violence

by Serene Assir, Arab News, Saudi Arabia - Turning rockets into goal posts, abandoned tanks into playthings, and war into a game, children in Syria are hostages to a conflict that has forced them to try to normalize death, loss...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on August 16, 2012 4:22 AM

Sext up KIDS

by Maureen Palmer, CBC, Canada - From tiny tots strutting bikini-clad bodies in beauty pageants to companies marketing itty-bitty thongs and padded bras to 9-year olds, images of ever-younger sexualized girls have become commonplace. Add to that: ever-younger boys with...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on March 22, 2012 8:03 AM

When Did Parenting Become a Competitive Trap?

by Suzanne McFadden, New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - The way we raise our children has become a source of conflict and competition among today’s increasingly judgmental parents....

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on March 20, 2012 11:23 PM