Category: Kids

Battle for School Choice Will Decide Whether State or Parents Control Children’s Education: Neal McCluskey

There are arguments in the United States of whether parents should be able to choose which schools their children go to, with the main focus on school choice and school vouchers. Policies allowing for this are being challenged locally in Ohio, where 100 different school districts are threatening to sue, claiming that policies that allow…


Biden, First Lady Visit Hospitalized Children on Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren’t well enough to go home for the holidays. It’s a longstanding tradition for first ladies to visit Children’s National Hospital at Christmastime, but Joe Biden’s visit on Friday was a surprise. It marked the first time that…


Rio Favela Seeks to Improve Kids’ Lives Through Golf

RIO DE JANEIRO—Saturday is not a school day, so kids in Rio de Janeiro’s City of God favela fill the dirt roads playing soccer or pretending to be cops and robbers around dangerous alleys. All the while, parents are watching over them, hoping their children don’t get scouted by drug dealers seeking messengers and couriers….


A Crucial Conversation to Have With Your Child

Children are smart, intuitive, and great multi-taskers. My granddaughter, Emery, is now 10. She has this incredible ability to be completely engaged in homework, playing with her younger brother, or watching TV and with the wisdom that only a child can have will interject into a conversation of adults taking place in another room. She…


Tesla Launches Electric Quad Bike in US for Kids

Tesla Inc. has launched an electric quad bike for kids in the United States for $1,900, two years after the electric-car maker introduced the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) along with its pickup vehicle Cybertruck. The four-wheel ATV—”Cyberquad for Kids”—is inspired by the Cybertruck model and will begin shipping in 2–4 weeks, according to the company website….


What Every Kid Needs to Know About Greed and Thankfulness

If there is one thing that will ruin your kids’ lives, it’s greed. Teach them while they’re young how to pull the plug on greed and you will have prepared them in a very important way to not only survive but also thrive in the real world. You may want to start with this lesson:…


Antibiotics: Even Low Use in Children Can Have a Negative Impact

Primary care physicians in the United Kingdom carry out more than 300 million patient consultations every year and at least a quarter of these deal with children. Almost two-thirds of such appointments are for coughs, sore throats, or earaches—illnesses that young children commonly get. Doctors and nurses group these types of illnesses as “acute respiratory tract infections.”…


Day Care Owner Gets 6 Years for Hiding 26 Children in Basement

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A Colorado daycare owner convicted of keeping 26 children hidden in the basement of her business two years ago has been sentenced to six years in prison after parents said some of the children suffered trauma including sleeping problems and anxiety. A judge issued the sentence to Carla Faith on Thursday following her…


Scheduling Kids Activities as a Working Parent

Being a working parent can make your life extremely busy by itself. That’s not even including scheduling kid’s activities in as well. With students back in school and fun activities now more of an option, it’s only natural that kids will want to do more, and as a parent, this will fill your weekly schedule….


Couple With 11 Kids Homeschool Every Child on Their Mini Farm, Call Them a ‘Gift From God’

A couple with a mini farm in New Mexico has welcomed 11 biological children in just 10 years. They homeschool every child, are fast running out of space in their 15-seater transit van, and are expecting their 12th child in March 2022. Yet Courtney and Chris Rogers, for whom their faith in God is central,…