Youth and Children’s Stories
- Tips for maintaining kids’ healthy sleep habits in summer With school out for summer vacation, maintaining healthy sleep habits can be a challenge for parents and children. Longer daylight hours and shifting schedules can disrupt sleep patterns, leaving families feeling off balance or out of sync. Dr. …(Read More)
- Report: Childhood trauma in KY is taking economic toll Childhood trauma is costing Kentucky millions each year, according to a new report released today by Kentucky Youth Advocates and Bloom Kentucky. The report claims that between 2015 and 2020, 62% of Kentucky adults reported having at least one adverse childhood event – with those experiences […]
- Child rights advocates: New WA school discipline rules roll back protections Washington's Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has revised its public school discipline policies, and advocates for children said the changes weaken student protections and OSPI did not seek enough community feedback. One of the new rules removes requirements for schools to consider […]
- Child rights advocates: New WA school discipline rules roll back protections Washington's Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has revised its public school discipline policies, and advocates for children said the changes weaken student protections and OSPI did not seek enough community feedback. One of the new rules removes requirements for schools to consider […]
- Tips for maintaining kids’ healthy sleep habits in summer With school out for summer vacation, maintaining healthy sleep habits can be a challenge for parents and children. Longer daylight hours and shifting schedules can disrupt sleep patterns, leaving families feeling off balance or out of sync. Dr. …(Read More)
- CA colleges and universities take food pantries to the next level Hunger among college students in California has jumped dramatically since the pandemic, yet Cal-Fresh — a statewide low-income food assistance program — fails to reach more than 70% of eligible students. So, food pantries at colleges and universities are finding creative ways to meet […]
- OH's Kent State lessons loom over military response to LA protests A Kent State University shooting survivor is warning Ohioans and others to take note of the U.S. military's involvement in immigration-related protests. She says it echoes a dark chapter in Ohio history – when four students were shot by the National Guard at Kent […]
- Firewood permits available for Arkansas' Hobbs Park As the cleanup effort continues at Hobbs State Park Conservation Area in Rogers, officials with Arkansas State Parks have authorized a temporary firewood permit to help remove some of the fallen trees. The park was damaged by tornadoes in May of last year. Mark Clippinger, superintendent at Hobbs […]