MILWAUKEE — Three Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape drove the decisions in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin. Games between the Cincinnati Reds and Brewers in Milwaukee, Seattle Mariners and Padres in…
#parent | #kids | Casper Man Accused of Beating Pregnant Woman, Child Abuse | #childabuse | #children | #kids
A Casper man is facing felony assault and child abuse charges after he allegedly hit a pregnant woman and choked a child. Brandon Robert Debyah is charged with a single count each of aggravated assault and child abuse in Natrona County District Court. Both charges carry up to 10 years…
#parent | #kids | #cyberbullying | #cyberbully | CommonWealth Magazine
GUSHING REVERENTIALLY ABOUT Boston’s longest serving mayor apparently only gets you so far. Eight days after Sen. Ed Markey said the vandalized statue of Christopher Columbus in a North End park should be replaced with a statue of Boston’s first — and so far only — Italian-American mayor, Tom Menino,…
#parent | #kids | Community Looks for Answers In Death of Ken Reiss | #schoolshooting
The last photo Ken Reiss uploaded to his Facebook. Ken Reiss When a community faces the loss of someone who was well-loved, it’s palpable. The moments and memories they shared with those around them become something held by one less person, with more untold and lost forever. On the morning…
#parent | #kids | #parent | #kids | Online child predators more dangerous during COVID-19 crisis, N.J. officials say. 21 arrests show why.
Child predators are more dangerous than ever since the coronavirus pandemic pushed daily life online, New Jersey’s top law enforcement officials said Wednesday, and they offered up recent arrests of 21 alleged abusers as horrifying examples. A 40-year-old from Keansburg convinced a 14-year-old girl he met on social media to…
#parent | #kids | RCMP arrest 33-year-old in connection with homicide at Esgenoôpetitj First Nation – New Brunswick | #childabductors
New Brunswick RCMP have arrested a 33-year-old in connection with a homicide at the Esgenoôpetitj First Nation. Police say officers responded to a call on Micmac Road at approximately 10:15 a.m., on Tuesday, for reports that a man had been found unresponsive. When the Mounties arrived they found a 34-year-old…
#parent | #kids | Study: Asymptomatic COVID Infection Possible in Kids | #coronavirus | #kids. | #children
INDIANAPOLIS – A recently-completed study from the Indiana University School of Medicine shows asymptomatic COVID-19 infection is possible in children under the age of 10. The Tracking Asymptomatic COVID-19 Through Indianapolis Communities, or TACTIC, study found that out of more than 500 people who were tested, one child had an active case…
#parent | #kids | Carlsbad Investment Adviser And Company Charged In Fraud Probe | #predators | #childpredators | #kids
CARLSBAD, CA — The Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday sued a Carlsbad-based investment adviser and his company for allegedly swindling clients out of more than $2.2 million. Mark J. Boucher, 56, made unauthorized transfers from client accounts to his own accounts, used client funds to pay his credit card bills,…
#parent | #kids | #parent | #kids | COVID-19 and breastfeeding: What nursing moms should know
By: Parenting Desk | New Delhi |Published: August 26, 2020 5:40:45 pm Don’t take off your mask near the baby. Always wear a mask. Even if you are simply playing with your baby, and especially while breastfeeding. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock)By Dr Ruchi Tandon As the Covid-19 shows no signs of easing,…
#parent | #kids | Social Media Influencers Join Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Fight Against Child Abuse | #childabuse | #children | #kids
Too often, social media is the realm of the self-promoting narcissist. The major channels can seem like 24-hour ego festivals in which the only priorities are dropping pants and making noise. Such cynicism can blind people to the fact that genuine good can be done when influencers join together for…