The most recent Scripps National Spelling Bee broke records. The Bee ran out of words for contestants to spell. After the final eight contestants breezed through aiguillette (a braided military decoration), bougainvillea (an ornamental climbing vine), pendeloque (a pear-shaped pendant), and other gems, the MC, Jacques Bailly, announced that the Bee had exhausted its lists of challenging words. All eight finalists earned…
Mask Mandates for Children Mostly Harmful: Professor of Medicine
Requiring children wear masks does more harm than good, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told The Epoch Times. Bhattacharya advised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis not to make children don face coverings. Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University. He’s a health economist by training. “I think about things from a cost-benefit point of view, you have…
Saving Liberty One Child at a Time
Aesop long ago told the story of the wolf and the dog. The wolf is starving, thin as a rail, when he meets a well-fed, strong dog. When the dog learns the wolf is barely surviving, he invites him to come and live with him on the farm. “You’ll get plenty of food and treats…
Child Safety Groups Urge Zuckerberg to Drop Plans for ‘Babyish’ Instagram for Kids Under 13
A broad-based coalition of child safety advocates has sent a letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under 13, saying it’s not the right fix for the problem of kids lying about their age to get on the platform and it would “put…
Child Safety Groups Urge Zuckerberg to Drop Plans for Instagram for Kids
A broad-based coalition of child safety advocates has sent a letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under 13, saying it’s not the right fix for the problem of kids lying about their age to get on the platform and it would “put…
5 Ways to Avoid the ‘Planned Mediocrity’ in Schools
It’s been one short year since parents suddenly found themselves the chief overseers of their children’s education due to the pandemic. “Short” isn’t the word to describe it, I can almost hear many parents retort, relief in their voices as they realize that soon they will be off the hook, for the responsibility of their…
3 Children Found Dead in California, Mother in Custody
Police arrested a woman after three young children, all under the age of 5, were found dead in an apartment in Los Angeles. The three children were murdered and 30-year-old Hispanic female Liliana Carrillo is the mother of the victims and the sole suspect, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed on Saturday night in a Twitter…
Treasuring Our Children: Seeing Them as the Gifts They Are
You used to see her in the grocery store before COVID-19—the young mother in the pajama pants with two or three kids in tow, one of them wailing. Her discontented countenance is etched in your mind. As she fires off some crazy threat to one of the children, everyone in the aisle glances up, then…
Children’s Books for Spring
Spring has long been one of the loveliest themes in literature. The season means rebirth and rejuvenation; fresh air and sunshine; optimism and possibility; bunnies and flowers. Nowhere is this phenomenon more delightfully manifested than in the realm of children’s books. Here are some book picks to refresh your child’s library this season. ‘Flip, Flap,…
Biden Administration Opens yet Another Facility to Hold Surging Numbers of Immigrant Children
A second temporary facility will be opened for unaccompanied migrant minors crossing the border in Texas, officials announced Tuesday. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will reopen a temporary facility called “Carizzo Springs II ICF” capable of holding 500 unaccompanied migrant minors in hard-sided structures with the ability to expand to soft-sided structures…
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