How A Penny Made Me Feel Like a Millionaire
A meditation on the bittersweet joys of childhood - and how to hold them in mind. Short, sweet and powerful!
Watch
Our Baby's Illness
The parents thought their baby boy Mario was healthy -- until at 10 days old, they discovered he'd had a perinatal stroke. With Mario unable to control the left side of his body, they grappled with tough questions: Would he be "normal?" Could he live a full life? The poignant story of parents facing their fears -- and how they turned them around.
A moving five minute video
Family Violence and Boys to Aggression and to Drug Problems
Boys exposed to familial violence, including conflict between siblings, become increasingly aggressive toward their peers at school, and this aggression is associated with greater levels of alcohol and drug use over time, a new study by a University of Illinois researcher suggests.
Read Full Article.
Study: LGBT Youth Spend More Time Online and are More Bullied
A new study by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network - Out Online: the experiences of LGBT youth on the internet - has revealed LGBT youth experience much higher rates of bullying online than their straight counterparts.
Full Article.
Important Report on Youth Unemployment
The UK think-tank, New Philanthropy Capital has released a publication that aims to help organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of their programs to assist young people into employment.
Engaging Young People Through Social Media
A new report called "What makes you tweet?" Young peoples perspectives on the use of social media as an engagement tool, outlines new research findings into young people's use of social media and their perspectives about how government agencies and community organizations should use social media to communicate with them.
Interesting report and website.
Something somewhere is waiting to be known...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Out of The Mouth of Babes
Kids react to controversial Cheerios commercial - much to be learned from this.
Watch Here.
Motivate Canada Announces Youth Leadership Initiative in Ontario
ACTIVATE Ontario, a relatively new initiative in its second year, seeks to engage and train teams of youth leaders to play an active role in improving the levels of physical activity, self-esteem, and leadership, and leadership of youth in their school and community has just received a significant multi-year grant from the Trillium Foundation.
More Here
A 14-year-old Burnaby Teen Creates New Solution to Help Schools Go Green
Tomas Lang, has created a simple solution to reduce waste at his school. He's launched a "library" for event organizers to borrow commonly-used materials such as plates and silverware.
Getting Lots of Buzz On The Internet
A photo series portraying the elderly as they reflect on their younger selves in the mirror. Gives you pause to think, about the passage of time and the live we are living.
Beautiful!
The Cost of Kids Hockey
Hockey can play a vital role in a child's development, et the soaring league and equipment costs are keeping many youth off the ice. In fact, the financial strain put on families is cited as the number one deterrent by hockey parent in a new Canadian survey.
Parents' TV-Watching Binges Linked to Children Getting too Much Screen Time
Children mimic their parents' viewing habits, based on how much TV parents consume, and that has even more an effect than where a television is located or what viewing rules parents (try to) enforce.
Interesting New Study.
The Landfill Harmonic Orchestra
Self-explanatory, don't be tempted to turn it off too soon.
Watch.
And While We Are On The Subject of Music
Check out this Young Man with the orchestra in his mouth.
Kids react to controversial Cheerios commercial - much to be learned from this.
Watch Here.
Motivate Canada Announces Youth Leadership Initiative in Ontario
ACTIVATE Ontario, a relatively new initiative in its second year, seeks to engage and train teams of youth leaders to play an active role in improving the levels of physical activity, self-esteem, and leadership, and leadership of youth in their school and community has just received a significant multi-year grant from the Trillium Foundation.
More Here
A 14-year-old Burnaby Teen Creates New Solution to Help Schools Go Green
Tomas Lang, has created a simple solution to reduce waste at his school. He's launched a "library" for event organizers to borrow commonly-used materials such as plates and silverware.
Getting Lots of Buzz On The Internet
A photo series portraying the elderly as they reflect on their younger selves in the mirror. Gives you pause to think, about the passage of time and the live we are living.
Beautiful!
The Cost of Kids Hockey
Hockey can play a vital role in a child's development, et the soaring league and equipment costs are keeping many youth off the ice. In fact, the financial strain put on families is cited as the number one deterrent by hockey parent in a new Canadian survey.
Parents' TV-Watching Binges Linked to Children Getting too Much Screen Time
Children mimic their parents' viewing habits, based on how much TV parents consume, and that has even more an effect than where a television is located or what viewing rules parents (try to) enforce.
Interesting New Study.
The Landfill Harmonic Orchestra
Self-explanatory, don't be tempted to turn it off too soon.
Watch.
And While We Are On The Subject of Music
Check out this Young Man with the orchestra in his mouth.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Malala Yousafzai UN Speech in Full
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage girl who made headlines after the Tailiban attacked her for advocating for girls' right to education, delivered her first public speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly after a lengthy recovery from a gunshot wound to the heat.
A Promising Test for Pancreatic Cancer... From a Teenager
Over 85% of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than 2% chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that's super cheap, effective and non-invasive - all before his 16th birthday.
The Magic Dragon
Possibly one of the funniest magicians. Watch!
Youth Violence - WHO Fact Sheet
Worldwide an estimated 250 000 homicides occur among youth 10-29 years of age each year. This is 41% of the total number of homicides globally each year. Youth homicide rates vary dramatically between and within countries. However, in all countries, young males constitute both the majority of perpetrators and victims of homicide.
More Here.
Canadian Soldiers Go From Mentoring Afghan Forces to Training Aboriginal Teens
Troops whose mission had been to mentor Afghan forces found themselves cast as instructors and role models for teenagers in Manitoulan Island.
Read More.
You Don't Have to Understand Chess
10 year old boy beats an international chess master in a blitz game.
Watch Here.
More Than 16 Million American Children Below the Official Poverty Line
Data from the Anna Casey Foundation's most recent report last year indicated child poverty had soared upward by nearly 30 % from 2000 - 2010. The number of children living in poverty in the US went up by 4.2 million between 2000 - 2011.
Read Full Report Here.
Keeping The Kids Happy in July and August
Parents spending $2,300 on kids summer programming.
Read More Here.
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage girl who made headlines after the Tailiban attacked her for advocating for girls' right to education, delivered her first public speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly after a lengthy recovery from a gunshot wound to the heat.
A Promising Test for Pancreatic Cancer... From a Teenager
Over 85% of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than 2% chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that's super cheap, effective and non-invasive - all before his 16th birthday.
The Magic Dragon
Possibly one of the funniest magicians. Watch!
Youth Violence - WHO Fact Sheet
Worldwide an estimated 250 000 homicides occur among youth 10-29 years of age each year. This is 41% of the total number of homicides globally each year. Youth homicide rates vary dramatically between and within countries. However, in all countries, young males constitute both the majority of perpetrators and victims of homicide.
More Here.
Canadian Soldiers Go From Mentoring Afghan Forces to Training Aboriginal Teens
Troops whose mission had been to mentor Afghan forces found themselves cast as instructors and role models for teenagers in Manitoulan Island.
Read More.
You Don't Have to Understand Chess
10 year old boy beats an international chess master in a blitz game.
Watch Here.
More Than 16 Million American Children Below the Official Poverty Line
Data from the Anna Casey Foundation's most recent report last year indicated child poverty had soared upward by nearly 30 % from 2000 - 2010. The number of children living in poverty in the US went up by 4.2 million between 2000 - 2011.
Read Full Report Here.
Keeping The Kids Happy in July and August
Parents spending $2,300 on kids summer programming.
Read More Here.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Study: Sites Like Tumblr, Skype Outpace Facebook For Bullying
A study of social media and bullying in Atlantic Canada shows that Facebook is one of the less commonly used tools for cyberbullying among teens. Released this week by online research company MediaBadger, the study shows that sites such as Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube, Google+ and Skype - as well as others that parents may not have even heard of - are outpacing Facebook for use in bullying.
Transgender Kids in California Earn Right to Choose Bathrooms and Sports Teams
California is poised to become the first U.S. state to require schools to let kids choose bathrooms and sports teams based on their gender identity, marking some of the strongest protections for transgender youth in the country. More
Ryan Wang: 5 yr old Piano Prodigy
Canadian boy plays for 101 year old woman on CBC. Watch.
Lessons From Ontario's Campaign to Cut Child Poverty
Ontario has reduced child poverty for three years in a row, and its strategy holds important lessons for future progress.
Full Article.
Who Said Bluegrass is Dead?
The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is made up of 11-year old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar.
Watch.
Community, not Celebrity, Key to Shaping Youth Behaviour
Lessons from the boys of summer, the little boys of summer, that is, can help us encourage civil behaviour among all of the kids in our lives. And civility among young people is an issue. Surveys reveal that a majority of adults use words such as "rude" and "irresponsible" to describe todays's teens. employers note a lack of work ethic and other basic character traits, especially among younger employees.
Read More.
Latest Beer Belly Remedies and Research
The Heart and Stroke Foundation confirms that "almost 60% of all Canadian adults and 26% of our children and adolescents are overweight or obese." So it was no accident that the 9,300 experts who converged recently for the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting spent a lot of time talking about the obesity epidemic.
Read More.
Teenagers Want to Work, Not Find Fame, Survey Finds
A major survey of teenagers suggests they are less materialistic than their older brothers and sisters but anxious about their place in a future economy dominated by austerity.
A study of social media and bullying in Atlantic Canada shows that Facebook is one of the less commonly used tools for cyberbullying among teens. Released this week by online research company MediaBadger, the study shows that sites such as Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube, Google+ and Skype - as well as others that parents may not have even heard of - are outpacing Facebook for use in bullying.
Transgender Kids in California Earn Right to Choose Bathrooms and Sports Teams
California is poised to become the first U.S. state to require schools to let kids choose bathrooms and sports teams based on their gender identity, marking some of the strongest protections for transgender youth in the country. More
Ryan Wang: 5 yr old Piano Prodigy
Canadian boy plays for 101 year old woman on CBC. Watch.
Lessons From Ontario's Campaign to Cut Child Poverty
Ontario has reduced child poverty for three years in a row, and its strategy holds important lessons for future progress.
Full Article.
Who Said Bluegrass is Dead?
The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is made up of 11-year old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar.
Watch.
Community, not Celebrity, Key to Shaping Youth Behaviour
Lessons from the boys of summer, the little boys of summer, that is, can help us encourage civil behaviour among all of the kids in our lives. And civility among young people is an issue. Surveys reveal that a majority of adults use words such as "rude" and "irresponsible" to describe todays's teens. employers note a lack of work ethic and other basic character traits, especially among younger employees.
Read More.
Latest Beer Belly Remedies and Research
The Heart and Stroke Foundation confirms that "almost 60% of all Canadian adults and 26% of our children and adolescents are overweight or obese." So it was no accident that the 9,300 experts who converged recently for the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting spent a lot of time talking about the obesity epidemic.
Read More.
Teenagers Want to Work, Not Find Fame, Survey Finds
A major survey of teenagers suggests they are less materialistic than their older brothers and sisters but anxious about their place in a future economy dominated by austerity.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Happy Canada Day!
The Federal Governments Youth Website
Heaven only knows how much money has been spent on this youth Unfriendly website likely built and maintained by bureaucrats in suited. Pity because it has some excellent information and could be a useful resource.
Break Through Surgery
Deaf toddler hears his dad's voice for the first time. Watch here.
Marijuana Causes Higher Concussion Risk For Canadian Kids
Concussion is a common injury for Canadian Teenagers, with higher risk for athletes and kids who drink or smoke marijuana, new research indicates.
Read More
The Tragedy of Orphanages
Orphanages are costly and can cause irreparable damamge both mentally and physically for its charges - so why are they still so ubiquitous? Georgette Mulheir gravely describes the tragedy of orphanages and ures us to end our reliance on them, by finding alternate ways of supporting children in need.
Watch.
Excellent Item From BBC - Shared Symbolism of Global Youth Unrest
"In short, just as in 1989, when we found that people in East Europe preferred individual freedom to communism, today capitalism is becoming identified with the rule of unaccountable elites, lack of effective democratic accountability, and repressive policing. And what the events of the last three years have shown is that perfectly ordinary people, with no ideological axe to grind, have found the means to resist it."
For More:
High Number of College Graduates Lowers Canada's Youth Unemployment
Canada continues to top the list of all OECD countries with 51% of its adult population holding a post-secondary degree or diploma, bolstered by high numbers of graduates from community colleges, according to the OECD's 440 page Education at a Glance 2013. countries with more young people coming out of vocationally focused programs "succeeded in reducing the risk of unemployment," the report says, and Canada was no exception as unemployment rates for most groups stayed comfortably below OECD averages.
High Rate of Head Injuries Seen Among Canadian Youth
One in five Canadian teens reported a serious head injury in a new study, a rate researchers say is much higher than previous studies have found.
P.S Happy Canada Day!!
Heaven only knows how much money has been spent on this youth Unfriendly website likely built and maintained by bureaucrats in suited. Pity because it has some excellent information and could be a useful resource.
Break Through Surgery
Deaf toddler hears his dad's voice for the first time. Watch here.
Marijuana Causes Higher Concussion Risk For Canadian Kids
Concussion is a common injury for Canadian Teenagers, with higher risk for athletes and kids who drink or smoke marijuana, new research indicates.
Read More
The Tragedy of Orphanages
Orphanages are costly and can cause irreparable damamge both mentally and physically for its charges - so why are they still so ubiquitous? Georgette Mulheir gravely describes the tragedy of orphanages and ures us to end our reliance on them, by finding alternate ways of supporting children in need.
Watch.
Excellent Item From BBC - Shared Symbolism of Global Youth Unrest
"In short, just as in 1989, when we found that people in East Europe preferred individual freedom to communism, today capitalism is becoming identified with the rule of unaccountable elites, lack of effective democratic accountability, and repressive policing. And what the events of the last three years have shown is that perfectly ordinary people, with no ideological axe to grind, have found the means to resist it."
For More:
High Number of College Graduates Lowers Canada's Youth Unemployment
Canada continues to top the list of all OECD countries with 51% of its adult population holding a post-secondary degree or diploma, bolstered by high numbers of graduates from community colleges, according to the OECD's 440 page Education at a Glance 2013. countries with more young people coming out of vocationally focused programs "succeeded in reducing the risk of unemployment," the report says, and Canada was no exception as unemployment rates for most groups stayed comfortably below OECD averages.
High Rate of Head Injuries Seen Among Canadian Youth
One in five Canadian teens reported a serious head injury in a new study, a rate researchers say is much higher than previous studies have found.
P.S Happy Canada Day!!
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