by Stacey
This is scary: Over half of American college students have considered suicide at least once. According to this article on MSNBC.com, a new survey of 26,000 college students at 70 schools around the country revealed that suicidal thoughts may be as common as depression, substance abuse, or eating disorders.
The survey, results of which were […]

by Stacey
Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama used the occasion of Father’s Day last weekend to talk about the role of fathers in the lives of many black children. This article in the NY Times said that in a speech at a 20,000-member Apostolic Church of God on the South Side near Lake Michigan, Obama delivered […]

Cross-posted at MotherTalkers
by Stacey
Teenagers who want to scoop ice cream or sell clothing from their favorite store this summer may have a harder time than usual landing a job. This article in the NY Times says that little more than one-third of the 16- to 19-year-olds in the United States are likely to be employed […]

Cross-posted at MotherTalkers
by Stacey
New software programs enable parents to learn of everything from their child’s daily class attendance and homework completion to test scores and overall grades throughout the semester, according to this article in the NY Times.
Boy am I glad I’m not a kid anymore. What a nightmare. Sorry if you’re one of […]

Photo courtesy of the Kids for Obama Web site.
by Stacey
Kids who support Barack Obama for President are influencing their parents to vote for him. According to this article in the NY Times, children as young as seven years old feel passionate about the candidate.
As the race for the Democratic presidential nomination continues, youthful volunteers […]

by Stacey
One day my house will be empty of children. They will live somewhere else. My husband and I will see them occasionally. This is unimaginable to me, and yet I know it is true. Most of the time I don’t think about it. I’m too busy filling cups with watered-down apple juice or searching […]

by Stacey
Thanks to many of you who pointed me towards this article in last Sunday’s NY Times magazine on gender-based education. I finally got a chance to read it last night. So let’s get to it.
The article showcases the ideas of Leonard Sax, a pediatrician turned single-sex education advocate who claims that boys and […]

Cross-posted on MotherTalkers
by Stacey
Get ready to feel guilty. Or smug. A report released a couple months ago from the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities found that less than half of parents aren’t reading enough to their young children.
For children, early exposure to books — including being read to aloud each day […]

by Stacey
Boys are a mess. According to this article in the NY Times, part of the reason that girls do better than boys in school is because boys are disorganized and disheveled. And not surprisingly, there’s an army of high-priced tutors, charging as much as $100 an hour, who help boys develop organizational skills and […]

by Stacey
Mental illness among college students is on the rise and with it comes a growing debate over parents’ right to know. According to this LA Times article, school officials feel bound by student confidentiality laws not to divulge information to parents while others claim that parents should be informed especially when a student becomes […]