Children News
 Texas: New Rules on Removing Children From Homes (New York Times) In response to a federal court ruling, child welfare workers must now obtain court orders in most cases before removing children from their homes after accusations of abuse, officials said.
New mom Lopez turns out to hail a champion of children (Denver Post via Yahoo! News) Jennifer Lopez is the kind of actress who makes your socks go up and down. So the Duncan Pavilion at the Denver Art Museum was jammed Wednesday afternoon with excited media and Hollywood types to hear her praise the work of Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund.
Children Services group defends Contact Point (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Police access to Contact Point will not threaten the welfare or protection of vulnerable children, according to the Association of Directors of Children Services (ADCS).
Man arrested for imprisoning children (UPI) HEBRON, West Bank, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Palestinian man has been arrested on allegations he had locked up his children for more than 20 years in a basement under his house.
Children Services group defends Contact Point (vnunet.com) Janie Davies, Computing , Thursday 28 August 2008 at 12:57:00 Child welfare will not be compromised by allowing police to apply for access to key database, according to children's services group Police access to Contact Point will not threaten the welfare or protection of vulnerable children, according to the Association of Directors of Children Services (ADCS)....
Children learn to (The New Straits Times) KUALA LUMPUR: Say no, run and tell. This was among the advice to children attending a workshop on prevention of sexual abuse by an organisation called Protect and Save (PS) recently.
When Do Children Stop Being Selfish? (CBS News) Children develop altruism and the desire for things to be fair by the time they are 7 or 8, according to a Swiss study.
Marketing to children: Report looks at companies' campaigns, spending (St. Cloud Times) In all, the nation's largest food and beverage companies spent about $1.6 billion in 2006 marketing their products to children, according to a Federal Trade Commission report released last week.
Children learn to give back at bike ride (Kane County Chronicle) WAYNE – Children rode bikes Sunday, laughed with their friends and learned a little bit about giving back.
High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally In Children On High-Fat Anti-Seizure Diet, Hopkins Study Show (Medical News Today) Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study reported in the Journal of Child Neurology. The study appears online ahead of print here.
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