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They Say: Far More Kids Are Exposed To Violence Than Previously Thought
You hate to think of a kid witnessing or worse, experiencing violence. But according to a shocking report from the United States Justice Department, 60 per cent of children are exposed to violence, either directly or indirectly. Researchers at The University of New Hampshire conducted the study, and defined exposure to violence as being a victim...
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Gym Teacher Beats Up Student
One of my many obnoxious moments from high school (and there were many, believe me) was when I shouted the following at a gym teacher from the door of the gymnasium: “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. And those who can’t teach — teach gym!” Why did I do this? Because the gym teacher had told my friends and I that we couldn...
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The Pain Of Kids Waaaaay After Birth
So there’s the stretching cervix, the contracting uterus, the post-op recovery, the general fatigue. But as anyone with a toddler knows, the physical pain of becoming a parent doesn’t end in the hospital or during those first few weeks resting comfortably at home. For a lot of us, birth pain is just a teaser. The big stuff — head butts, bi...
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Students at Top Sydney School Run Underground ‘Fight Club’
Students at Sydney's exclusive Knox Grammar school reportedly ran an underground fight club on school premises, and it seems the tradition may have been running for at least seven years - since the release of the hit movie. The SMH first reported that at least a dozen boys took part in the brutal fight club in a campus basement for up to three w...
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Third Grader Expelled Because He Made A Hit List
A third grader at a Hamilton, Ohio private school was expelled because of a "hit list" that was found in his desk. The list contained the names of a teacher and several students that he said he wanted to kill. Michael Mayo, the principal of the Immanuel Lutheran School, said that he did not believe the boy was actually going to harm anyone, but...
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Half Of Kids Surveyed Think Rihanna Had It Coming
I've read some awful survey results over the years. But this? Almost half of the kids surveyed by the Boston Public Health Commission said they thought singer Rihanna was "responsible" for the beat-down she received from boyfriend Chris Brown. Forty-six percent the domestic violence case was Rihanna's fault, and fifty-two percent said it was...
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They Say: Teen Violence Has Many Mothers
Not literally, of course! But a new study published in the journal Child Development suggests that neither genetics nor environment alone can be blamed for causing violent behavior in teenagers. As reported in the New York Times, the researchers found that for most teens, an early history of small behavioral problems tended to snowball into bigger...
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Do You Tell Your Kids to Fight Back?
First rule of fight club, don't drive your 12-year-old to a scheduled throw down. Second rule of fight club, don't jump in and slapthe other brat for messing with your kid. A California mum is facing jail time for backing up her tween in a girl fight-and breaking both rules. Obviously she stepped over the line somewhere, b...
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