Fat Bias Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll
Release Date:
09/05/2017
A new study by researchers at Duke University, for example, found that “implicit weight bias” in children ages 9 to 11 was as common as “implicit racial bias” is among adults.
Education & Youth
Fatherhood After 40? It's Becoming A Lot More Common
Release Date:
08/31/2017
In the U.S., the average age a woman gives birth to her first child has been rising. And, a study published Thursday in Human Reproduction shows dads are getting older, too.
Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work?
Release Date:
08/30/2017
In rare cases, children fall into a much deeper level of sedation than intended during dental procedures. If they aren’t rescued quickly, they may stop breathing or even die.
Grown Men Are Exploiting Loopholes In State Laws To Marry Children
Release Date:
08/30/2017
A new report finds the practice of adults marrying girls as young as 12 is rampant across the U.S., despite evidence it threatens lifelong harm.
Girl Scouts Accuse Boy Scouts of Recruiting Girls, Souring Century-Old Friendship
Release Date:
08/29/2017
In a blistering letter this week, the president of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. accused Boy Scouts of America of trying to undercut the organization through a “covert campaign to recruit girls.”
A Golf Center Grows in Harlem
Release Date:
08/28/2017
A leader of the Bridge Golf Foundation hopes it will be a “model for progressive gentrification” through its work with underprivileged and mostly black adolescent boys.
Closing a Racial Divide, One Swim Lesson at a Time
Release Date:
08/28/2017
Front-crawling through the water during her swim lesson at Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx one recent Tuesday morning, Kiara García, now 8, hardly seemed to think she was doing anything unusual.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Provides Support to Sheltering Arms to Open New Building to Serve Children and Families
Release Date:
08/25/2017
Sheltering Arms, Georgia’s largest nonprofit early education and child care organization, announced the opening of its newest center during a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on the campus of Barack and Michelle Obama Academy (formerly D.H. Stanton...
Burke Foundation’s Catalyst Program Seeking Applications
Release Date:
08/23/2017
For those working in the early childhood development sector, the Burke Foundation is seeking applications for its Catalyst Program, which has a specific focus on children’s issues, as well as the health, financial security, and cohesiveness of...
Brooklyn Community Foundation: Seeking Brooklyn Youth for Paid Leadership Programs
Release Date:
08/15/2017
We are currently seeking young people for two dynamic leadership programs at Brooklyn Community Foundation: Reproduction Justice Activists and Brooklyn Youth Fellowship.
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