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Nonprofit gym gives busy Boston moms a break with free childcare, income-based fees
Feb. 2 Leave a Comment
Five children die in central Florida fire
Nov. 10, 2010 1 Comment
Five children, three brothers and two sisters, died in a house fire on Monday in Citra, Fla. that fire officials believed was caused by a space heater. Trapped inside the house at 1760 NE 182nd Place were the five children of Krista Jordan, a night-shift manager at a McDonalds restaurant, according to the St. Petersburg [...]
Six-month old baby has three transplant surgeries, symbolizes National Minority Donor Awareness Day
Aug. 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
Weeks before his six-month birthday, doctors told Zach’s parents he was about to die.
Port-au-Prince in Pictures
Jan. 25, 2010 Leave a Comment
At 4:53 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti changed forever.
Your World in Focus 6: The children
Nov. 29, 2009 Leave a Comment
On November 20 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child. Every year countless parades are held to celebrate the violations that have been overcome. But often we fail to recognize those violations that still occur, not only in developing nations, but right here in the developed [...]
Expert: Kids need unstructured playtime
June 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri News Bureau — It’s summertime, summertime, sum-, sum-, summertime! For some kids, that means little league, play groups, swim lessons, camping, summer school, dance class and many other activities. But hold on a second! All of those structured activities may be doing more harm than good. A University of [...]
Kiddie MP3 player released
Feb. 15, 2008 1 Comment
Calgary-based Peapod Toys has released a children’s MP3 player called the SweetPea3. It’s a fully-functional, yet remarkably simply music device that plays 256MB of MP3 or WMA audio. The SweetPea3 is battery-operated with an A/C adapter for charging/plugged-in use. It’s meant to be used by ages 0-8 — school age children, toddlers and even infants. [...]