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Children born 'late' linked to significant advantage all the way up to their teens
Children born in the 41st week of pregnancy - which is considered "late-term" - have better test scores and are more likely to be classified as gifted in elementary and middle school, compared with children born "full-term," that is, at 39 or 40 weeks. "It has been well-established that late-term births are associated with higher levels of neonatal health problems," Dr. David N. Figlio from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois told Reuters Health by email.
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The Very Quiet Foreign Girls poetry group
When Kate Clanchy began teaching the children of refugees, she sought out those silenced by trauma and loss. Their weekly sessions released a torrent of untold stories.
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Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers
She hobbled into a Los Angeles county welfare office in October 1970, a stooped, withered waif with a curious way of holding up her hands, like a rabbit. She looked about six or seven. Her mother, stricken with cataracts, was seeking an office with services for the blind and had entered the wrong room. But the girl transfixed welfare officers. At first they assumed autism. Then they discovered she could not talk. She was incontinent and salivated and spat. She had two nearly complete sets of teeth - extra teeth in such cases are known...
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There’s a Mathematical Equation That Proves I’m Ugly — Or So I Learned in My Seventh Grade Art Class
It took me years to realize that despite being born with a rare facial disfigurement, beauty is more than a cold calculation. By Ariel Henley.
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The Child Prodigies Who Became 20th-Century Celebrities
Every generation produces kid geniuses, but in the early 1900s, the public was obsessed with them. By Greg Daugherty. (June 24, 2013)
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Is Watching Gymnastics Worse Than Being an NFL Fan?
The ethics of consuming “the most dramatically feminine sport.” By Meghan O'Rourke.
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Condemnation of Charter Schools Exposes a Rift Over Black Students
Long championed as a lifeline for poor black children, the schools have recently been denounced by two civil rights organizations, which called for a moratorium on charters. By Kate Zernike.
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‘Hot’ Sex & Young Girls
Zoë Heller reviews “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers” by Nancy Jo Sales, and “Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape” by Peggy Orenstein.
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World Bank to name and shame countries that fail their stunted children
EThe president of the World Bank has warned he will name and shame countries that fail to tackle the malnourishment and poor growth of their children, as part of a mission to rid the world of stunting. Jim Yong Kim, the former physician who heads the Bank, told the Guardian he would take to the podium at the World Economic Forum in Davos every year to point the finger at governments who failed to live up to promises to tackle a scourge affecting tens of millions of children.
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Every baby born in Scotland will get a free box of useful things from 2017
Babies born in Scotland will be gifted “baby boxes” from New Year’s Day 2017, the country’s First Minister has said. Nicola Sturgeon said Nordic-style policy, which was first announced in April, would be a “symbol of a belief in a level playing field” for all children. Finland has been giving out care packages to all expectant mothers for 80 years. The boxes, which include around 80 items useful for babies, have been credited with cutting infant mortality and raising life chances.
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Belief in Santa could affect parent-child relationships, warns study
Spoiler alert: this article contains sensitive information about the existence of Santa Claus. Children may wish to look away now. Parents, though, are being urged to re-consider the ethics of the great Santa Claus lie. In an article published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry, two psychologists have raised the spectre of children’s moral compass being permanently thrown off-kilter by what is normally considered a magical part of the Christmas tradition.
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Noblesville girl, 2, asks for Christmas cards as she battles cancer
Living with cancer is never easy. It can be even harder when you’re just two years old. That's the case for Kaydence Weaver. Too many days are spent in hospitals hooked to machines. Kaydence was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a form of soft tissue cancer, in July. "It’s just been really overwhelming," her aunt Misty Deavers said.
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Not all there: My mother's lobotomy
I learned about my mother's lobotomy when I was 25, maybe 26. I'm still trying to make sense of it. By Mona Gable.
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Reno School Cop Shoots Teen Victim of Bullying in the Chest—District Praises Cop for ‘Protecting Children’
Teen’s attorney speaks out while school district praises cop for shooting. By Ed Krayewski.
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They raise the world's happiest children - so is it time you went Dutch?
Two toddlers have just chased each other to the top of a climbing frame and are jostling to get down the slide first. Their mothers are lost in conversation on a nearby park bench. In the distance, a dog barks and a little boy ambles along on his balance bike, trailed by his grandfather who is pushing a buggy. A gang of older children in tracksuits comes racing along the bike path, laughing and joking. They overtake a young mum who is cycling more slowly, balancing a baby in a seat on the front of her bike and a toddler on the back.
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The Prisoner
Edwin Debrow committed murder at age 12. Now 37, he remains behind bars. When should a child criminal be given a second chance? By Skip Hollandsworth.
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Judge rules 'paedophile hunters' can continue posing as children online
Self-described “paedophile hunters” have welcomed a court ruling that will allow them to continue to pose as children online to catch sexual predators. Legal teams acting for two men who were caught by the organisation Dark Justice allegedly attempting to sexually abuse minors had argued that the use of evidence gathered by such operations “diminished the integrity of the court process” and that the groups should be regulated.
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The Genesis of the Gang
“The cry ‘Get the boys off the street’ that has been raised in our cities, as the real gravity of the situation has been made clear, has led to the adoption of curfew ordinances in many places…” (Sep. 1899)
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The Problem with Teaching Kids about Stranger Danger
On Saturday, The New York Times ran a thoughtful piece by Jan Hoffman about whether kids can walk to school by themselves. In the US, just 13% of kids are walking or biking to school, down from 41% in 1969. (That drop, as steep as it is, is nothing compared to what's happened in the UK: Gill Valentine found that, in 1971, 80% of British children were responsible for getting themselves to school. By 1990, that figure was just 9%.)
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'The pill mill of America': where drugs mean there are no good choices, only less awful ones
For six days in Portsmouth, Ohio, I keep trying to fool myself. Eventually, I am unable to just watch and listen. By Chris Arnade.
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