Childcare & Early Education

August 22, 2010

Forty-seven percent of Black American males graduate from high school in the U.S. In other words, the majority of black boys are not graduating from high school in the United States of America. The 47% takes all states into account, from Maine, with a 98% graduation rate, to New York, with just 25...

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Homa Tavangar

Childcare & Early Education

August 17, 2010

As a behavior specialist who as a child was medicated from 1970 to 1977 I'm often asked my opinion about Ritalin. Here's my experience.

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Joe Newman

Environmental Health Childcare & Early Education

August 12, 2010

I’m starting to feel like a broken record, but I guess that’s what happens when you really care about something. Children are a vulnerable population. They eat more food, breathe more air, and drink more liquids per pound than adults. They are also more curious exploring the world around them in...

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Renee Blanchard

Childcare & Early Education Health Care Food!

August 2, 2010

Sometimes the hardest part about getting your children to eat healthy food and fight child obesity is getting them to choose the healthy food option. Here's the behavior methods that show you the way to guide them to healthy food choices

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Joe Newman

Childcare & Early Education

July 30, 2010

Dust off the backpacks and dig out the lunch sacks – back to school time is just weeks away. And, working parents across this country are spending these last few weeks arranging, searching, and confirming afterschool care. Unfortunately, many parents don’t succeed in finding afterschool care for...

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Sarah Francis

Childcare & Early Education

July 28, 2010

A method for parents to balance empowering their children and still set firm boundaries so children become psychologically strong, healthy and respectful of others.

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Joe Newman

Immigration Childcare & Early Education

July 27, 2010

The Net is about connecting. It’s about reaching. It’s an electronic whisper in an ear that wants to know. And then wants to know more. And then wants to reach out to others. It’s about making a whisper a shout and giving form to the shout so it becomes a mighty chorus working in harmony to do something to help.

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Lily Eskelsen

Childcare & Early Education

July 27, 2010

It simply isn't right to take advantage of new parents when they're vulnerable. But baby formula companies are doing just that. And this is especially wrong because empty infant formula advertising claims undermine evidence-based messages like "breastfeeding is best for babies." This has got to be...

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Sarah Francis

Childcare & Early Education

July 24, 2010

Back in the day, when I was small, I remember waking up too early for TV to be on. I woke up too early for TV to be on. If you are under 20, you have no idea what I just said. My brothers and sisters would run downstairs in our jammies on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons, but TV didn’t come on until 6 am, so it was possible to wake up too early.

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Lily Eskelsen

Childcare & Early Education Paid Sick Days

July 24, 2010

Here are some nuggets from Netroots Nation: the Parents Caucus was well-attended with between 30 and 35 people. I have hosted the panel five years in a row, and this was one of the better attended caucuses, including more men and even a couple of vocal dads. It was thrilling. What did we discuss?...

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