Free parenting classes are to be trialled for all parents with children aged five and under in three areas of England, children's minister Sarah Teather has said. They are intended for parents even if they are not struggling with raising children, she said. About 50,000 parents... Read more...
delivered 3 April 1968, Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), Memphis, Tennessee Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy and his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself, I wondered who he was talking about. It's always good ... Read more...
Absent fathers are prime contributors to the failure of the family. The new film 'Courageous' challenges men to step up and be the fathers intended. A disturbing trend has subtly crept into the American family, and its onslaught was so insidious that it went unnoticed for 40 years. It's called th... Read more...
One of the school districts with over 75 percent of its African-American student body graduating is located on the West Coast. Out of 271 African-American students who attended Berkeley High School, 205 graduated last year. That's one of the highest African-American graduation rates in the count... Read more...
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends limited television for children - and discourages it altogether for children under age 2. A new study in the October, 2011, issue of the journal, Pediatrics, finds that some TV shows may be worse than others. The study, "The Immediate Impact of D... Read more...
For this generation of students to remain competitive with their international peers as adults, they need to start spending more time in school. This week President Obama proposed that American school children extend their time in class, either by lengthening the school day, or spending less tim... Read more...
By Amy Chua Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV, no computer games and hours of music practice create happy kids? And what happens when they fight back? A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many ma... Read more...
Are Black Parents Being Disrespected by Catholic Schools In the U.S.? In Chicago, St. Helena of the Cross Elementary School(98% Black), is being systematically dismantled and destroyed by the Chicago Office of Catholic Education. Chicago Catholic Superintendent Sister Mary Paul McCa... Read more...
I'm still not exactly sure what to make of this. I dont know if this is some publicity stunt for his new Street King "1 like = 1 meal" venture (which I actually "like" d on facebook. Judge me if you want but if he's really gonna feed a child for one "like", its the least I can do) or if its legit...... Read more...