In earthquake ravaged China parents are mourning the many children that have been killed this week. With China’s one child only policy those grieving are often now childless.
Many of those who are listed among the dead are the children that were buried in the rubble of their schools.
For the parents that survive their children their [...]
May 17, 2008
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Can a child younger than 6 be so bad they need to be expelled? According to Raising Texas and the Texas Association of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies kids in Texas in prekindergarten classes are being expelled at an alarming rate.
An event held on May 8, 2008 at the University of Texas highlighted the [...]
May 16, 2008
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A nine-year-old in Greece had to be hospitalized when it was discovered that she was carrying her embryonic twin in her stomach. The child had to have an operation to remove what at first was thought to be a growth.
As the doctors removed the growth they discovered that it as actually her twin. The embryo [...]
May 16, 2008
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A tot was left behind in Vancouver by an immigrant family. The 23-month-old was only discovered missing after his family had started the second leg of their journey.
Jun Parreno told The Vancouver Sun that the child was left behind when he, his wife and two grandparents of the child, J.M were racing at the airport [...]
May 16, 2008
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As a young boy in Hamilton, Ontario struggles to deal with leukemia his family says his faith is floundering because of the use of chemo given to him against family wishes.
The young boy is in Child Protective Services after fighting doctors with his father over the desire to try chemo in a bid for life.
The [...]
May 14, 2008
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The earthquake disaster in China may well be remembered by the massive amount of young students lost when their schools tumbled down trapping them into the earth.
Juyuan Middle School has beneath its former walls at least 900 students. At this time 60 bodies have been pulled from the rumble. The school comprised of eighth an [...]
May 13, 2008
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Police had the task of breaking up a fight between 600 students at Locke High School in South Los Angeles. The fight between rival black and Hispanic gangs started around noon on Friday.
As the fight raged students that were not involved were locked into their classrooms. Once order had been restored by the police those [...]
May 12, 2008
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As the day was about to end Wednesday at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute a sixteen-year-old boy was stabbed in the abdomen in a basement hallway of the school. The result was a lock-down of the school that lasted over an hour in the Toronto school.
The school located near Greenwood and Danforth Avenues was quickly being [...]
May 9, 2008
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Police in Toronto are warning parents of young boys living in the east end to be aware of a potential sex offender. A man has been reported approaching young boys and following them.
Two boys, 10 and 11, told police that while they were riding their bikes in the Leslie St. and Gerrard Street East area [...]
May 9, 2008
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Toronto police think they may have found a woman related to little Angelica Leslie. The infant was abandoned in a stairwell in December when she was a mere eight months.
Because of the recent development, authorities are asking for a month’s delay in naming the now-11-month-old a Crown’s ward while they investigate a “person of interest.”
Once [...]
May 7, 2008
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