Give a Little Love
Great song, great video and a wonderful message...Strongly recommended.
I Am Adam Lanza's Mother
Three days before 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, then opened fire on a classroom full of Connecticut kindergarteners, my 13-year-old son Michael (names changed) missed his bus because he was wearing the wrong colour pants. A poignant cry from a single mom. More.
Senate Committee Calls For a National Strategy on Cyberbullying
Read it on Global News: Gobal BC Senate committee calls for national strategy on cyberbullying. A senate committee has released a set of recommendations for establishing a national strategy on cyberbullying, which follows some high-profile suicides of young people in recent years after enduring harassment over the internet.
Why Can't We Regulate Guns As Seriously As We Do Cars?
Children ages 5 to 14 in America are 13 times as likely to be murdered with guns as children in other industrialized countries and more Americans will die in gun homicides and suicides within six months than have died in the last 25 years in every terrorist attack and the the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq combined. Read more from Nicholas Kristof.
Keeping a Promise to Canada's Children
Despite this country's ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, well over a million Canadian children suffer from homelessness, hunger, poverty, unequal access to education and justice systems that do not recognize their special needs. Read more from Kirsty Duncan M.P.
Playing For Change
Connecting the world through music - check out the video... it's a foot tapper!
Adult Antidepressants Suspected in Suicides of Canadian Kids
Powerful antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs approved only for use in adults are suspected of harming - in some cases killing - Canadian children. Though Health Canada and the drug makers acknowledge the drugs are not approved for use in anyone under 18, doctors - often general practitioners with little psychiatric training - are prescribing these medications with little oversight.
A Girl's Right to Learn Without Fear
A new report published by child rights organization Plan Canada, in partnership with the International Human Rights Program, finds that school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a major factor threatening the education of children, especially young girls, in many countries of the world, including Canada.
Something somewhere is waiting to be known...
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Joshua Littman Interviews his Mom
Joshua Littman, a 12 year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome, interviews his mother, Sarah. Joshua's unique questions and Sarah's loving, unguarded answers reveal a beautiful relationship that reminds us of the best - and the most challenging - parts of being a parent. Strongly recommended.
Canadian Study: Watch for Childhood Depression
Leading mental health experts are calling for school children to be screened for risk of mental illnesses such as depression and have devised a test that reliably identifies those at high risk. The test can be done on a computer and used to alert doctors and psychologists to intervene early.
The World is Listening
11 year-old Birke Baehr TED talk has been viewed over 283 000 times at Youtube and is now available to the larger TED sphere of influence. Watch it here.
Mock Trial Serious Business For Native Youth
When Mgizehs Shaggi, 13, sits down in the the witness box, playing the role of the accused in a mock assault trial in his public-school classroom, he opts to swear his oath with a foot-look ceremonial eagle feather, promising to tell the truth. Read article.
Study: Use Research, Genetics to Improve Help for Mistreated Children
Governments need to do a better job of tracking and pinpointing which of a myriad of social programs would best help children cope with abuse in their early ears, says a study released this November. A panel of experts on early childhood development convened by the Royal Society of Canada draws from some of the latest global research in the 160 page report.
Amazing Mind Reader Reveals His 'Gift'
Technology can be our best friend and our worst enemy. Fascinating and frightening!
Want to Help Someone? Shut Up and Listen!
When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they thing they can fix, they go to work. This Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naive. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any entrepreneur. A must watch!
Joshua Littman, a 12 year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome, interviews his mother, Sarah. Joshua's unique questions and Sarah's loving, unguarded answers reveal a beautiful relationship that reminds us of the best - and the most challenging - parts of being a parent. Strongly recommended.
Canadian Study: Watch for Childhood Depression
Leading mental health experts are calling for school children to be screened for risk of mental illnesses such as depression and have devised a test that reliably identifies those at high risk. The test can be done on a computer and used to alert doctors and psychologists to intervene early.
The World is Listening
11 year-old Birke Baehr TED talk has been viewed over 283 000 times at Youtube and is now available to the larger TED sphere of influence. Watch it here.
Mock Trial Serious Business For Native Youth
When Mgizehs Shaggi, 13, sits down in the the witness box, playing the role of the accused in a mock assault trial in his public-school classroom, he opts to swear his oath with a foot-look ceremonial eagle feather, promising to tell the truth. Read article.
Study: Use Research, Genetics to Improve Help for Mistreated Children
Governments need to do a better job of tracking and pinpointing which of a myriad of social programs would best help children cope with abuse in their early ears, says a study released this November. A panel of experts on early childhood development convened by the Royal Society of Canada draws from some of the latest global research in the 160 page report.
Amazing Mind Reader Reveals His 'Gift'
Technology can be our best friend and our worst enemy. Fascinating and frightening!
Want to Help Someone? Shut Up and Listen!
When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they thing they can fix, they go to work. This Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naive. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any entrepreneur. A must watch!
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