It’s not every day teachers and child advocates tell the community to put less emphasis on the academic needs of children. That is the situation this week as local organizations hope to remind the community of the emotional needs of children as part of the“Week of the Emotionally Healthy Child.” “Emotional health is the foundation [...]

A psychologist known for his expertise on how brain science can inform better parenting will visit Columbia this week as part of an effort to highlight important discoveries about children’s brain development. David Walsh, an expert on children, parenting and brain science, has been invited to lead events for the “Week of Parenting with the [...]

High school can be so busy at times! Practices here, meetings there, not to mention graduation and college are around the corner. I’m so glad my parents bought me a car for my 16th birthday, now they don’t have to drop me off everywhere! They always call and text to check up on me. My [...]

Teen sexting of nude photos online or via cellphone might be far less common than people think, new research suggests. Only 1 percent of kids ages 10 to 17 have shared images of themselves or others that involve explicit nudity, a nationally representative study found. Roughly the same number said they had shared suggestive but [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — It can be a malicious rumor whispered in the hallway, a lewd photo arriving by cellphone, hands groping where they shouldn’t. Added up, it’s an epidemic — student-on-student sexual harassment that is pervasive in America’s middle schools and high schools. During the 2010-11 school year, 48 percent of students in grades [...]

Fall is a busy time of year. We just got back to school and I’m already busy with school work, not to mention clubs, activities and football games! I’m lucky that this year I’ll be driving myself to all this stuff because I practiced a lot this summer and my parents say I’m getting to [...]

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