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Friday, April 29, 2011

The 'Royal' Buzz

UK Report about Young People's Views on Poverty

A report published in the UK in March 2011 details findings about young people's understanding of what it means to be poor.

Child and Youth Mental Health Matters

Three conferences in One: First National Parental Mental Health Conference, First International Young Carers Congress, Third International World Congress on Children of Parents with Mental Illness
May 6 -8, 2012 - The Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites - Vancouver

Duck versus Dog

Duck wins!

Childhood Music Lessons Yield Lifelong Benefits for the Brain

A study of seventy healthy adults ages sixty to eighty-three with various levels of music education starting around the age of ten showed impressive differences in brain functioning far later in life than any other research has previously shown.

Awful Cyberbullying Video

Positively the worst PSA about cyberbullying and Mean Girls and it comes courtesy of the American Bar Association.  Bad acting, terrible script...no redeeming value!

Child Abuse May Change Brain

Canadian researchers report that sexual or emotional abuse in childhood increases the risk of depression in teens by altering a person's response to stress.  Is anyone surprised?

Three Things I Learned While my Plane Crashed

"He had a front-row seat on Flight 1549 as it crash-landed in the Hudson River.  What went through his mind as the plan went down?"

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.
Willem de Kooning.........
The trouble with being rich is that it takes up everybody else's.

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