For those families with food allergies, check out this recall of Turtle Pie frozen pie slices due to undeclared egg.
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Egg Allergy Alert Tue May 31, 2005 7:55 pm
Meat Recall Due To Possible Listeria Tue May 31, 2005 8:45 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced a recall of ready-to-eat meat products for possible listeria contamination. The recall covers approximately 363,332 pounds of meat distributed to stores and institutions in Michigan, Ohio and New York.
School Safety Problems--Not Just For Urbanites Anymore Mon May 30, 2005 10:26 pm
This report takes a fascinating look at school safety issues in urban and suburban schools and presents findings from over 2,000 educators and law enforcement professionals. This is a problem that we must look at closely since 2.7 million crimes are committed at schools each year. The researchers provide information on quite a range of causal factors including parenting skills, the self esteem movement in educational philosophy, dress codes and body piercing. There is also discussion of issues that may be a surprise to some parents such as hazing (in high school, who knew?) favoritism toward school employee/board members and girl aggression.
More Evidence of Behavior/Food Link Mon May 30, 2005 5:23 pm
Most parents of young children try to feed their kids healthy foods for many reasons, including the avoidance of mood swings that can be caused by candy and junk food. But it probably never occurred to us that this might work for adolescents as well. This story of a high school’s transformation is really quite amazing, and by simply changing the students’ diets, they successfully addressed problems like truancy, drop-outs and weapons violations.
I Know What You Had For Lunch Today Mon May 30, 2005 3:42 pm
VeganBob brings us this story appearing on Yahoo! about a new use of technology to monitor what your kids are eating for lunch at school.
As parents see more reports of increasing childhood obesity in the news, many may become tempted to find ways to monitor their child’s diet. Three school districts in Atlanta have implemented a system to let parents do just that.
More Funding For Pre-K Education? Mon May 30, 2005 5:19 am
Well, this is interesting news on the heels of the last report regarding preschool expulsions. It is great to see that someone feels preschool should not break the bank for working families. You’d think that these opinions would come from the coasts, but apparently governors in the South feel very strongly about preschool for young children. More power to them---we’ll probably see their high schools on the cover of Newsweek in the next 15-20 years.
Preschoolers Expelled More Often Sun May 29, 2005 2:13 pm
During a time when we are being constantly reinforced with advertising on the benefits of preschool, now we have information suggesting that pre-K kids are being expelled three times as often as K-12 children. Results are broken down by age and demographics, and indicate that likelihood for expulsion is different depending on the child’s age, gender and race. Also, check out the type of program your child is in because they have different overall rates of expulsion.
At What Age Do Children Get Cynical? Sun May 29, 2005 1:26 am
This study explores the psychological development of children, and specifically tests at what point the children doubt information being presented to them. It turns out that young children have a surprising ability to sort out statements driven by self-interest and bias. As parents, this is important because we need to communicate effectively with our kids as appropriate to their development, which is difficult to gauge at times.
New Research On Teen Girls and ADHD Sat May 28, 2005 1:29 pm
Recent findings deepen our understanding of ADHD in children and the role it plays in mental heath as they mature.
Do Driving Simulators Help Teens? Sat May 28, 2005 1:01 am
Many teens are placed on the road in dangerous situations before they have the training and experience to handle their vehicle properly. This group wants to know if driving simulators can help teens develop safer driving habits before we turn them loose with real cars. If you have a child who will be driving soon, you’ll want to follow this one closely.
