Some parents believe in being strict, while others are lenient. Many wonder how to find the right balance. For my book, “Raising an Entrepreneur,” I interviewed 70 parents who raised highly successful adults about how they helped their kids achieve their dreams. It was an extremely diverse group — of……
#parent | #kids | Liz and Linda’s wait for justice: A 50-year fight against a child rapist and the nun they say enabled him | #students | #parents

Liz and Linda. Linda and Liz. Liz was from “Up the Hill,” Federal Hill. Confident and sporty, with thick blond hair and ice-blue eyes, she dominated the basketball court. Her father was a cop; the family sacrificed to send their nine children to Catholic school. Linda was from “Down the……
#parent | #kids | Six-year-old boy arrested after shooting his teacher in US classroom | #teacher | #children | #kids

WASHINGTON — A six-year-old boy opened fire in an elementary school classroom in the eastern US state of Virginia on Friday, seriously injuring a teacher, police said. No students were hurt in the incident at Richneck Elementary School in the coastal city of Newport News. “The individual is a six-year-old……
#parent | #kids | #childsafetytips | Get crackin’ on library activities

Those of us who devour paperbacks like they’re weekend brunch know the satisfying crack of opening a new book. From the time we begin reading texts with a spine wide enough to crack, sometime in elementary school, a scolding teacher or school librarian tells us the delicious crack is wrong,……
#parent | #kids | Habitually Checking Social Media May Be Linked to Preteen Brain Changes | #socialmedia | #children

Habitually checking social media may be associated with changes in the brain’s sensitivity to social rewards and punishments in preteens, according to an imaging-based study. Young adolescents who checked in to Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat at least 15 times per day also showed distinct longitudinal changes in their functional brain……
#parent | #kids | New Weld RE-4 School District Board of Education member Raymond Ruth to be sworn in Monday | #Education

Raymond Ruth, the Windsor resident who was appointed to the Weld RE-4 School District Board of Education this week, will be sworn into office Jan. 9. Ruth will take his oath of office at 5 p.m. Monday at the district administration building on Main Street in Windsor. Ruth was appointed……
#parent | #kids | #cyberbullying | #cyberbully | Ashley Graham Shares Nude Pics From When She Was Pregnant With Twins

Hot mama! Ashley Graham reminisced about expecting her twin boys while sharing nude photos from her pregnancy with them. “Just hours before my two little blessings popped out one year ago,” the model, 35, wrote via her Instagram Story on Friday, January 6, alongside a close-up of her baby bump……
#parent | #kids | Drew Barrymore says ‘we should champion our exes,’ talks co-parenting with Will Kopelman | #parenting

Drew Barrymore and her ex-husband, Will Kopelman, have “never been better” when it comes to co-parenting their two children. On Thursday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show,” the host spoke with her guest, Kate Hudson, about the situation with her ex. “I am co-parenting with someone,” Barrymore said. “And although……
#parent | #kids | State govt. takes exception to nature of reservation for Karnataka students at NLSIU | #students | #parents
National Law School of India University (NLSIU), inside Jnana Bharathi (JB) Campus, in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File photo Karnataka government has raised strong objection to the nature of reservation — “25% horizontal compartmentalised reservation” — provided to Karnataka students at National Law School of India University (NLSIU) in Bengaluru…….
#parent | #kids | Death penalty possible for Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger | #College. | #Students

Since the crime took place in Idaho, lethal injection would be the legal form of capital punishment. The prosecutor has yet to share whether they plan to pursue it. SEATTLE — Washington State University doctoral student Bryan Kohberger, 28, verbally acknowledged the charges against him in an Idaho court Thursday……