#parent | #kids | #childsafety | 4 Things We Need From Parents Who Are Sending Their Kids To Class

With reopening deadlines fast approaching, school districts across America are scrambling to release their safety plans. Some districts are already announcing that they’ll be doing remote learning this fall, and opening their facilities only when the coronavirus pandemic has been contained (if not totally vanquished). Others have boldly vowed to…

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#parent | #kids | Republic Services Foundation provides supports for children in trauma | #childabuse | #children | #kids

The Manistee County Child Advocacy Center’s family advocate Traci Smith (left) and executive director Megan McCarthy hold a grant award check from Republic Services Foundation which will be used to provide services to child victims of abuse in Manistee County. (Courtesy Photo/Megan McCarthy) less The Manistee County Child Advocacy Center’s…

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#parent | #kids | Molvi arrested for solemnizing ‘nikkah’ of a minor girl in Central Kashmir | #childabductors

Budgam, Aug 11: A cleric who allegedly solemnized the wedding of a minor girl, reportedly abducted by a man has been arrested by police on Tuesday in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Besides, ‘molvi’ and the ‘abductor’ 6 others have also been arrested for assisting the ‘abductor’. All have been detained…

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#parent | #kids | Police issue bulletin on man tracked as sexually violent predator who moved to Greeley – Greeley Tribune | #predators | #childpredators | #kids

Greeley police Tuesday released a bulletin on a man tracked as a sexually violent predator who recently moved to the city. Jerry Valdez, 68, is tracked as a sexually violent predator after an Oct. 28 conviction for attempted sexual assault on a child in Colorado, according to the bulletin. Valdez…

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#parent | #kids | Video shows 8-year-old Florida boy handcuffed, arrested on felony charge for hitting teacher – Boston 25 News | #teacher | #children | #kids

Video shows 8-year-old Florida boy handcuffed, arrested on felony charge for hitting teacher  Boston 25 News ‘You’re going to jail’: Body-cam video shows an 8-year-old Florida boy arrested at school  The Washington Post Key West mom speaks as lawsuit filed over 8-year-old’s arrest caught on camera  WPLG Local 10 Mother of arrested Key…

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#parent | #kids | Cincinnati Children’s develops chatbot app to help children cope with COVID-19 related anxiety | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

Jackie Drees – Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 Print  | Email Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati researchers have teamed up to create an app that offers digital mental health support and anxiety coping practices and skills for children. The organizations tapped chatbot developer Wysa to develop the Covid…

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#parent | #kids | #cyberbullying | #cyberbully | Federal report highlights key ways to prevent school attacks

NEW YORK — School officials nationwide should improve mental health resources, monitor student social media accounts and improve physical security measures, according to a Justice Department report on school safety released Tuesday. The report, compiled by the department’s School Safety Working Group, examined what the panel believes are the 10…

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