#parent | #kids | Covid-19 study finds children have small risk of death and severe illness | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

Pediatricians described the findings as reassuring as children accounted for fewer than 1% of some coronavirus cases in England, Wales and Scotland; and only 1% of those children died, the researchers reported. The researchers — from various UK institutions — analyzed data on 651 Covid-19 patients under the age of…

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#parent | #kids | Spotlight News – Guilderland police arrest 15-year-old for shooting at Crossgates | #teacher | #children | #kids

Guilderland police arrest 15-year-old for shooting at Crossgates Aug 27, 2020 Jim Franco Crime, News GUILDERLAND — Police arrested a 15-year-old from Albany for a July shooting at Crossgates Mall. The male’s name is not being released because of his age. At around 3 p.m., the juvenile allegedly fired one…

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#parent | #kids | Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

Results Between 17 January and 3 July 2020, 69 516 patients of all ages (range 0-106 years) were enrolled at 260 hospitals across England, Scotland, and Wales. Of these, 651 were patients under 19 years old with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 (651/69 516 (0.9%) of the total cohort (table 1; supplementary figures A…

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#parent | #kids | Beshear reports 775 new COVID-19 cases, 8 deaths, 130 kids; announces economic development projects | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday reported 775 new COVID cases and eight deaths, bringing the state’s totals to 45,978 cases and 910 deaths. One-hundred-thirty of the new cases were children 18 and younger including 14 children 5 and under. The youngest was a two-month-old from Jefferson County. Kenton County had…

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#parent | #kids | Teacher at top Sydney private school arrested by child sex abuse cops in front of students | #teacher | #children | #kids

A teacher at an exclusive Sydney private school has been arrested by the child abuse squad in front of shocked students over the alleged grooming of a 13-year-old girl online. Alexander David Simpson was taken into custody while on campus at Trinity Grammar School, in Summer Hill, in the city’s inner west,…

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#parent | #kids | Programs and Resources Available to Pennsylvania Families with Children During COVID-19 Crisis and 2020-21 Back-to-School Season | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania’s secretaries of the departments of Health, Education and Human Services is assuring Pennsylvania families that the Wolf Administration is committed to helping families with children overcome challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Human Services announced that it is creating flexibilities in child care options, including temporarily…

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#parent | #kids | APD launches web page to bring awareness to child abuse » Albuquerque Journal | #childabuse | #children | #kids

………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque Police Department launched a new page on the city’s website dedicated to bringing awareness to child abuse in the metro area. The page offers resources for parents…

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#parent | #kids | #cyberbullying | #cyberbully | Melania Trump’s moment of redemption: U.S. first lady owns ‘every word’ in speech to Republican convention

Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night was a moment of redemption after her disastrous remarks at the 2016 convention, where she was accused of plagiarizing former first lady Michelle Obama. This time, her speech was “every word her own,” said her chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, who…

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