Commentary What is the greatest threat to educating children today? Is it COVID-19, or ignorance? I’m going for number two. There is growing evidence to back me up. In August, Oregon Governor Kate Brown privately signed a bill ending a requirement that high school students prove they are proficient in writing, reading and math before graduating. The…
Parenting | School’s Out with Sam Sorbo
I recently got this letter from a viewer: “Dear Sam, Thank you for what you are doing to help families make the shift to home educating. Self-teaching! I never thought I would homeschool, but we started last year and will NEVER go back! Your encouragement made all the difference, and we cannot thank you enough….
Pfizer Board Member: Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Young Children ‘A Long Way Off’
October 10, 2021
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, said on Sunday that he believes a potential COVID-19 vaccine mandate for young children is likely to be “a long way off.” Gottlieb, now a board member for U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer, said during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that such a mandate…
New York Times Pens Major Correction After Overstating Child COVID-19 Hospitalizations
The New York Times issued a correction Thursday saying it severely misreported the number of child COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States by over 800,000 cases. The NY Times report, “A New Vaccine Strategy for Children: Just One Dose, for Now,” first reported that about “900,000 children have been hospitalized” with the virus since the…
‘The Evil CCP Will Crumble’: Polish-Born Artist Depicts Children Persecuted in China
For one Polish-born artist who grew up under communist rule in the ‘50s and ‘60s, learning of the persecution endured by families and children of faith in modern-day China was shocking, but not surprising. Having lived through oppression herself as a child during Poland’s post-Stalinist era lends credence to one of her paintings in which…
Work on Children’s Rights Bill Will Continue, Says Swinney
Work on a bill to incorporate a U.N. treaty on children’s rights into Scots law will continue despite the original being sent back to Holyrood by the UK Supreme Court, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill passed unanimously earlier this year…
Sweden to Give Children Aged 12 to 15 Pfizer Vaccine, Rejects Moderna
STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s Public Health Agency said on Monday it recommended the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s, Comirnaty vaccine against COVID-19 for children between 12 to 15, opting against rival Moderna’s Spikevax. The European Medicines Agency approved the use of Comirnaty in May, while Spikevax was given the nod for children over 12 in July. “All in all, we…
8 Ways to Make Your Children Feel Safe and Loved at Home
The times we are living through are hard on everyone, but can be especially taxing on our children. The anxiety, worry, and fear that have clouded the atmosphere, upended “normal,” and woven their way into every aspect of life can be hard to understand and process for children. While parents may not be able to…
Germany: Young Girls Alone for Days With Dead Father’s Body
BERLIN—Three young children in Germany spent days alone at home with their dead father’s body after he died suddenly, German media reported Tuesday. The dpa news agency quoted police in the southern state of Bavaria as saying an aunt discovered the girls, ages 2, 3 and 4, on Sept. 17. Local newspaper Passauer Neue Press…
CDC Warns of ‘Alarming’ Increase in Child Obesity During Pandemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said children and teenagers in the United States saw their body mass index (BMI) increase at almost double the normal rate during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that COVID-19 lockdowns and rules may have contributed to the higher-than-usual weight gain. According to the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released…
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