Alabama House Passes Bill That Would Have Schools Grade Parents
A new Mississippi bill is seeking to increase parental involvement in schools by requiring teachers to evaluate parents and give them each a grade. House Bill 4, also known as the Parent Involvement and Accountability Act, would put a parent section on each child’s report card. Parents would receive grades in a number of areas, including responsiveness […]
How much is the MENINGITIS B vaccine? Everything parents need to know
WORRIED parents are rushing to get their children vaccinated for potential killer meningitis B amid a growing shortage. But where can you get it? Daily Express :: Health Feed
ISIS behead teenage boy in front of parents and bloodthirsty crowd for missing prayers
BARBARIC Islamic State militants have beheaded a 14-year-old boy in front of his parents after he missed Friday prayers. Daily Express :: World Feed
Teenager ‘sets herself ON FIRE because her parents couldn’t afford a toilet’
A TEENAGER died after allegedly setting herself on fire because she was unhappy about not having a toilet in her home. Daily Express :: World Feed
Parents Use Facebook, Mobile More Heavily Than Non-Parents
Facebook has shared on its People Insights page that it studied 25- to 65-year-old parents of infants, toddlers, adolescents, and teens globally, finding that parents are heavier Facebook users than non-parents. Using Facebook and Instagram information across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Spain, the UK, and the US, along with work they commissioned through Ipsos Media […]
More than 100 babies a week born at risk of killer heart defects – and parents don’t know
UP to half a million people are living with genetic defects which puts them at risk from a potentially fatal heart condition. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Pew Survey: Parents Staying On Top of Teens’ Online Activities
Teenagers use various digital technologies in this day and age, and parents appear to be doing a decent job keeping up with them. The benefits of digital connection range from the ability to contact a child more readily and easily than ever before to improving kid’s ability to access educational information at the touch of a […]
Maddie’s parents use last funds to keep investigation alive as police roll back search
KATE and Gerry McCann are fighting to find Maddie as the £12million Scotland Yard operation to look for their daughter comes to an end. Daily Express :: News Feed
Parents Turn to Social Media, Popular Novels for Baby Names
According to the 2015 edition of the top 100 baby names recently released by a US-based website BabyCenter, parents are beginning to name their babies after photo filters found on the popular application Instagram. BabyCenter.com puts out the list of popular names each year. This year, the most popular name for girls was Sophia, while Jackson came […]
When Parents Leave for Extended Time, Kids’ Brain Development Slows
Children who have been left without direct parental care for an extended amount of time show negative changes in the brain’s emotional circuitry. Rick Nauert, Ph.D. of PsychCentral says the new research that supports this discovery was a Chinese study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Worldwide, because […]