Los Angeles County is poised to reinstate indoor mask mandates if a recent surge in COVID-19 cases continues, county public health director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. The average of new cases for L.A., the most populous county in the United States, rose 180 percent since November 1, bringing it to…
In response to yet another attempt by the New Jersey Board of Education to avoid public comment, District 10 lawmakers—Senator Jim Holzapfel, Assemblyman Greg McGuckin, and Assemblyman John Catalano—have co-sponsored a bill that would increase transparency by requiring all public meetings to be accessible online and in person. In response……
Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, 66, has delivered many a knockout in his time — and now he’s sharing some knockout parenting tips exclusively with SheKnows. We caught up with Sugar Ray at the 2022 Footwear News Achievement Awards and asked him for his best parenting advice, and he didn’t…
Psychologists at the University of Cambridge just released a new study that is published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry regarding how being an adolescent from a poor background affects mental health. The study was co-led by Piera Pi-Sunyer and Dr. Jack Andrews of the University of New…
The Teacher is not easy to watch, films about sexual violence seldom are. What is unsettling is that the perpetrators are barely out of school, and the victim/survivor is a teacher they meet during an inter-school competition. Even more disturbing is their nonchalance about the assault, which they have recorded. …
Editor’s Note: Kara Alaimo, an associate professor in the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University, writes about issues affecting women and social media. Her book, “This Feed is On Fire: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls – And How We Can Reclaim It,” will be…
A 22-year-old Oklahoma teacher’s aide was busted for having sex with a student after it was revealed she started a relationship with the teen just two weeks into the job, according to reports. Ashley Waffle, a temporary teacher’s aide with Granite Public Schools, began her employment on Oct. 10, and…
Twitter has always been a bit chaotic, but new owner and CEO Elon Musk is taking it to a whole new level. He’s been making dramatic changes since he bought the company for $44 billion on Oct. 27, including laying off half the staff while changing moderation policies and unbanning extremist accounts while trying to…
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Little Spoon’s Is This Normal, a community platform initially developed in response to their customers’ unmet needs for up-to-date, unfiltered advice and dialogue on parenting, today announces the launch of their Is This Normal (ITN) Expert Council. The council, made up of leading……
Give this picture a quick glance and all you’d see is a colourful drawing of a girl. A closer inspection, however, will stop any parent short. Posted to Reddit, the worksheet is a tool to teach kids about personal safety. And the key question this student got wrong is a…