By Perri Klass, M.D. Earlier this month when Weight Watchers put out its new Kurbo app, designed for children ages 8 through 17, there was an outcry across social media arguing that weight loss programs for children can lead to […]
By Elizabeth Williamson WASHINGTON — After the first day of school at Mark T. Sheehan High School in Wallingford, Conn., Mackenzie Bushey, a 15-year-old junior, came home upset that a teacher enforced a no-cellphones policy by confiscating students’ phones before […]
By Emily S. Rueb In a new set of guidelines, the World Health Organization said that infants under 1 year old should not be exposed to electronic screens and that children between the ages of 2 and 4 should not […]
By Keith Benman HERMON-DEKALB, N.Y. (WWNY) – If you see a school bus stop sign coming out, never pass the bus. But plenty of people do. Hermon-DeKalb and other schools have loads of video from school bus cameras. “If you […]
By H. Michael Harvey Over 40 years ago, the city of Atlanta, Georgia closed the books on the “missing and murdered” children cases. From about1977 through 1981, 28 Black children and young adults disappeared from Atlanta streets in an impoverished […]
By Kayla Ramirez June 4, 2019 In countless cases in which educators abuse students, they first “groom” them – by showering praise, offering rides home and more. But because those actions aren’t illegal on their own, it’s difficult for schools […]
By Corky Siemaszko NBC News The Boy Scouts of America are continuing to cover-up a “pedophilia epidemic within their organization,” a group of lawyers alleged Tuesday in a new lawsuit. The Abused in Scouting lawyers said they’ve identified 350 previously unknown scoutmasters and […]
By Sarah E. Needleman, The Wall Street Journal A technical error recently allowed children on a Facebook Inc. messaging app to interact with users who weren’t approved by their parents, the latest misstep that further dents the company’s track record […]
The FirstNet mission is to deploy, operate, maintain, and improve the first high-speed, nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety. This reliable, highly secure, interoperable, and innovative public safety communications platform will bring 21st century tools to public safety agencies […]
(CNN) Officials in Colorado made school safety and mental health a priority Monday, nearly a week after a Denver-area school shooting left one dead and eight injured. A gunman started shooting during an English class last Tuesday at STEM School […]
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