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Little Lexi Lacey was born fourteen weeks early, weighing only 14 oz. Doctors gave her a ten percent chance of surviving with proper care. However, the hospital where she was born only had facilities for preemies older than 28 weeks and her best chance was to make it to another facility for extremely premature...
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The media is full of reports of abuse, neglect, and maltreatment of children. Parent are resorting to GPS to keep tabs on their children, schools are prohibiting volunteers, and kids everywhere are forbidden what once were normal childhood freedoms that all previous generations took for granted. All of this is in the name of protecting...
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For more information, click here Most babies are born with the urge to explore the world around them. But babies born with mobility disabilities have very few options. Their small bodies and lack of co-ordination and fine motor skills make power chairs and other traditional mobility aids un-usable. However, a researcher at Cornell University has developed...
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When I was in elementary school, I was told that I didn’t have a “real family” because I lived with my grandparents instead of my biological parents. Now a days, however, there are a lot more of these alternate families: four percent of all children in the United States are now being raised by a grandparent. Increasingly,...
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The leaves are turning colours already, so this week’s freebie has a fall theme. I like the change in weather and thought adding a little sparkle to the kit made it a little more cheerful. As always, click the image for download and don’t forget to look at the other kits.
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In yet another blow against childhood, elementary schools in Huntington, West Virgina are removing a playground staple: the swings. This follows the removal of teeter totters, merry-go-rounds and even grass. The reason: liability, lawsuits, and safety. The result: sterile playgrounds where is play is practically frowned upon. Tim Stewart, the safety manager for the...
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