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Child of Chernobylnew
Victim of nuclear reactor disaster survives horrific childhood, severe disabilities to become competitive rower.
LEO Weekly |
Scott Wade |
05-25-2011 |
Children & Families
Charlottesville's Infant Mortality Crisisnew
In 2009, Charlottesville’s infant mortality rate was 8.8 deaths per 1,000 live births—more than 25 percent above the Virginia state average. Focus on the city’s African-American population and the rate jumps to 17.5.
C-Ville Weekly |
Brendan Fitzgerald |
03-11-2011 |
Children & Families
Tags: Infant Mortality, Shawnte Rawlings
Alberta Moms Organizing For Breast Milk Banknew
Human milk banking would help ensure health of preemies and babies with sick mothers.
SEE Magazine |
Angela Brunschot |
01-21-2011 |
Children & Families
Tags: Parenting, Breast Milk
This Couple Wants You to Vote on Their Abortionnew
Pete and Alisha Arnold launched a website called birthornot.com, where they post news about the pregnancy and ultrasound photos of the fetus. They also posted a polldaddy.com poll asking, "Should We Give Birth or Have an Abortion?"
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
11-18-2010 |
Children & Families
Coming Soon: Big Box Babycarenew
A developer-backed, for-profit childcare company with ties to a failed Australian daycare corporation is rapidly moving into the Canadian market.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Trevor Scott Howell |
07-29-2010 |
Children & Families
Can Eating More Omega-3 Fatty Acids Tip the Scales on Depression?new
One doctor believes that mental illness could very well come from us eating too little fish.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
05-27-2010 |
Children & Families
Tags: Joseph Hibbeln
Stopping Child Suicidesnew
More kids are killing themselves, and at younger ages. But experts believe we can fight back.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
05-27-2010 |
Children & Families
Tags: Matthew Bennett
Prosecutors Weigh In on a Bill Would Make Child Neglect a Felony in Marylandnew
Lisae Jordan can tell stories about child abuse and neglect that would make most people's stomachs churn. Children tied to chairs by parents and not allowed to get up to go to the bathroom. Kids locked in closets during the day.
Baltimore City Paper |
Erin Sullivan |
03-16-2010 |
Children & Families
New Day Care Background Check Law May Not Be Constitutionalnew
Legislators and the state Department of Children and Families may have gotten positive headlines when creating a law that allows the state to permanently revoke child care provider licenses based on a wide range of offenses.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
03-12-2010 |
Children & Families
Take a Village: A Burundian Woman's Struggle to Keep Her Kids, in Americanew
Thirty-two-year-old Burundian refugee Christiana Niyonzima has not seen her six children since July 2009 when the state removed them from her custody. Eighth months later, her parental rights have been terminated.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
03-03-2010 |
Children & Families
Adopted Children are Left Behind in Washington, D.C.new
Jenn Thomas and Kevin Fox, both teachers, met in Cardozo Senior High School in 2001. They married in 2003. On Sept. 4, 2006, they agreed to adopt a baby boy and became financially responsible for his life from then on. Max was born at George Washington Hospital the next day.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
02-18-2010 |
Children & Families
Is American Family Legal Plan Duping Minnesota's Elderly?new
An agent told Florence Carlson that her money would be much better off at American Family Legal Plan. In fact, if Carlson didn't buy a living trust with American Family before she died, the costs of estate taxes and probate fees could suck thousands of dollars from her savings.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
02-17-2010 |
Children & Families
Child Support Collection Business Incurs Wrath of OAGnew
After more than six years of squabbling and litigation, the Office of the Attorney General in Texas ran Robert O'Donnell's child support collection company out of business, and if that wasn't enough, today, its attorneys are trying to toss him in jail.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Merten |
02-08-2010 |
Children & Families
Microstipends For Parentless Youths Got Slashed by Arnold. Will Kids Fight Back?new
A week after Schwarzenegger signed six bills touted to help foster youths, the state Department of Social Services told the public foster-care systems up and down the state that new cuts were coming, including one trim that wiped out the entire $3.6 million budget for so-called Emancipated Foster Youth Stipends.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Heimpel |
01-08-2010 |
Children & Families
Healthier Food Choices Through Vouchers, WICnew
Fresh fruits, vegetables and bread are among the new food items making their way into the diets of New Orleans' roughly 24,000 participants in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
Gambit |
Michael Patrick Welch |
12-30-2009 |
Children & Families
