Category: children

5 Connecticut Children, Ages 8–17, Dead After New York Crash

SCARSDALE, N.Y.—Five children from Connecticut, ranging in age from 8 to 17, were killed in a fiery crash on a New York highway, police said. Police believe the vehicle was being driven by a 16-year-old boy when it veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway early Sunday in Scarsdale, hit a tree and caught fire. A…


Parents Need to Know: Are Your Children Over-Vaccinated?

For many parents, there is something deeply satisfying about taking a baby, especially a firstborn, to the doctor. After all, so-called “well baby” visits give parents the opportunity to talk to an expert about a child’s development, ask burning questions about when the baby will be able to sit up without assistance and what to…


Overmedicated: How the US Foster Care System Is Failing Our Children

On Jan. 17 a federal class action lawsuit was filed against the state of Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) over inadequate prescription oversight of psychotropic drugs for children in the foster care system—putting them in danger of overdoses and serious side effects. According to the lawsuit, recent DHS data shows that at least 72.1 percent of children in…


LIVE 8:15 PM ET: Children Under Threat: Drag Queen Story Hour: A Discussion by the New York Young Republican Club

Drag queen story hour events have become the new culture war battleground in New York and other big cities such as Dallas. Ashley St. Clair, a conservative strategist and author of “Elephants Are Not Birds,” and Matt Antar, New York Young Republican Club finance chairman, host of the MANTAR Podcast, and Gays Against Groomers contributor,…


LIVE NOW: Children Under Threat: Drag Queen Story Hour: A Discussion by the New York Young Republican Club

Drag queen story hour events have become the new culture war battleground in New York and other big cities such as Dallas. Ashley St. Clair, a conservative strategist and author of “Elephants Are Not Birds,” and Matt Antar, New York Young Republican Club finance chairman, host of the MANTAR Podcast, and Gays Against Groomers contributor,…


Children Under Threat: Drag Queen Story Hour: A Discussion by the New York Young Republican Club

Drag queen story hour events have become the new culture war battleground in New York and other big cities such as Dallas. Ashley St. Clair, a conservative strategist and author of “Elephants Are Not Birds,” and Matt Antar, New York Young Republican Club finance chairman, host of the MANTAR Podcast, and Gays Against Groomers contributor,…


How to Practice Positive Parenting

The chaotic state of the world and alarming rates of depression and anxiety among children and teens have today’s parents treading in turbulent waters. I asked Sarah R. Moore, founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting and author of “Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior,” for her advice. Here’s what she said. Sarah…


Reports: 3 Children Dead, 2 Wounded in Attack at Texas Home

ITALY, Texas—News reports say three children have been killed and two other children wounded in an attack at a home in Texas Friday. KTVT-TV reported paramedics responded to a call at a home in Italy, Texas, around 4 p.m. and two people were transported to hospitals by helicopter. WFAA-TV reported a woman was in custody…


Parents and Children Are the GOP Future

Commentary The Republican Party’s slow transformation from the Bordeaux-sipping party of Acela Corridor suburbanites into the beer-drinking party of working-class Rust Belt-ers and Sun Belt-ers has been picking up some steam lately. And as the GOP’s divorce from the Chamber of Commerce over irreconcilable cultural differences accelerates, a golden opportunity has emerged to recast the…


Call to Exclude Kids From Law Banning Criminal Contact

A law meant for disrupting serious crime is disproportionately targeting Indigenous people and continues to be used on children, legal groups say. The Aboriginal Legal Service New South Wales (NSW)/Australian Capital Territory (ACT), the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the NSW Bar Association on Wednesday called on the state parliament to narrow the scope of…