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Cellphones in classrooms contribute to failing grades: Study
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- July 30, 2018
“I was always interested in using technology in the classroom before it existed, but when it became apparent that it was affecting the classroom, it raised the question (of) what effect it was having.”
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Chemicals in Food May Harm Children, Pediatricians’ Group Says
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- July 27, 2018
“The good news is there are safe and simple steps people can take right now to limit exposures, and they don’t have to break the bank.”
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Abuse, neglect & a system that failed
- Home & Family
- July 18, 2018
“In our system, once a child is adopted, we equate it with success & there is very little followup. We actually know very little about the well-being of how kids from foster care do after being adopted.” Vivek Sankaram. U. of Michigan law professor
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Social media, the scourge of adolescence
- Home & Family
- July 15, 2018
“I think it’s training our brains to be fine with being overstimulated. Like it is severely lowering our attention spans.”
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Love for a Mother Outshines All: Call Her with Gratitude
- Family & Kids, Home & Family
- May 16, 2018
The love for one’s mother is a unique dance of growth and occasional hurt feelings. Being the recipient of such thoughtfulness, such a beautiful display of daily affection in the every day and is often spurned by children who do not recognize the purity of a mother’s actions. But as we age and begin to
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Is your child’s use of electronics an addiction or a bad habit?
- Featured, Home & Family
- January 16, 2018
“Thomas just wouldn’t do anything other than play on his computer and phone. I’d lock digital devices in my safe, but he would outsmart me.”
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Parent Acts: Why is it so hard to let our kids fail?
- Home & Family
- July 19, 2016
No parent wants their child to ever fail or fall down. But can you unwittingly hurt your child in the long run by repeatedly being too quick to intervene? As a parent, Kelly Wallace, CNN’s Digital correspondent, admits to grappling with that question. Here is some expert advice that she has found particularly helpful.
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Stress is contagious in the classroom
- Headlines & Highlights, Home & Family
- June 27, 2016
That’s the finding from a University of British Columbia study recently published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.
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The Skills That Make Kids More Likely to Grow Up to Be Successful
- Featured, Home & Family
- July 22, 2015
What can you do now to ensure that your children will one day succeed as adults? Could it be as simple as teaching them to be kind, cooperative and helpful to others?
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AAA: Distracted driving a huge factor in teen driver crashes
- Home & Family
- July 15, 2015
Texting while driving is downright dangerous. But that doesn’t stop countless adults and teens alike from doing it. Parents may want to keep this in mind the next time they’re tempted to reach for their phone while behind the wheel. Your children may very well follow your example with potentially deadly consequences.
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Alabama mom uses Facebook to apologize for rude daughters
- Home & Family
- April 3, 2015
What would you do if you found out that your teenagers had been rude to an adult who asked them to stop talking during a movie at a local theater?
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Tot Therapy: Psychiatrists Join Up With Pediatricians
- Home & Family
- January 16, 2015
Parents may wait for the next appointment with the pediatrician to discuss symptoms of anxiety or mental health problems they’ve observed with their child. It’s likely that a busy pediatrician will only spend a short time with the child before recommending a child psychiatrist or psychologist.
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Fake texting, sleeping with phones: ‘Hyper-connected’ students try to get real in class
- Home & Family
- November 25, 2014
Staying connected through texting and social media has become an integral part of everyday life for many college students. But just how well would they function if their smartphones were suddenly shut off and they had to avoid all social media?
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Better ways to learn
- Home & Family
- October 10, 2014
Do you remember cramming for a big test–possibly pulling an all-nighter. And yes, you may have passed with flying colors, and what a relief that was! But did you really learn the material–meaning did it stay with you in the long run? And did getting a better grade than one of your classmates indicate you had a better understanding of the subject matter?
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Not Having Luck Asking the Kids ‘So How Was School Today?’
- Home & Family
- September 15, 2014
Do you have trouble getting your children to tell you about their day at school? Just asking “how was your day” may not illicit much of a response. Mommy blogger and former teacher Liz Evans has some good suggestions on the kinds of questions that will get children to open up and share their true feelings about what they experienced.
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