THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT; Charity campaign aims to tackle unfair reputation...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......half of Scotland's population think our children behave like animals . The disturbing...delinquents. A hard core of only 1000 children were reported last year in Scotland for...people have a much more negative view of children in society. The poll showed that Scotland...

Labour of love for children.(Entertainment)(Interview)

Cape Times (South Africa);  June 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Children may be the most difficult audience to satisfy - if they don't like something, they'll say so. Children's theatre stalwart ELTON JOHN DUFFY, from the Lilliput Children's Theatre Company, talks to KAREN RUTTER about making shows for children, and why he loves...

Local authors to attend Children's Book Extravaganza

SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  October 30, 2008 ;     257 words ......literature-related programs for kids as part of its Children's Book Extravaganza, Nov. 10 to 15. A children's Author Faire will feature Angela Davis...Ways to Tell a Tale" at 7 p.m. Nov. 10. Children will learn about traditional storytelling...

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT; Fight is on to convince Scotland that our children...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......youngsters. This nation is demonising its own children. And Barnardo's believes it is time for...half of Scots - 41 per cent - say that children are increasingly a danger to each other...animals and say it is right to refer to children as feral. And 40 per cent disagree with...

Concern at children not wearing seatbelts

Belfast Telegraph;  November 12, 2008 ;     631 words ...FOUR out of five children in Northern Ireland say they have been...by road safety charity Brake. Five children were killed, 101 seriously injured...more were hurt in 2007. Two thirds of children surveyed (67%) said they thought the...

Scandal of the children packed into cars with no seatbelts on

Belfast Telegraph;  November 12, 2008 ;     631 words ...FOUR out of five children in Northern Ireland say they have been...by road safety charity Brake. Five children were killed, 101 seriously injured...more were hurt in 2007. Two thirds of children surveyed (67%) said they thought the...

Scandal of the children packed into cars with no seatbelts

Belfast Telegraph;  November 12, 2008 ;     631 words ...FOUR out of five children in Northern Ireland say they have been...by road safety charity Brake. Five children were killed, 101 seriously injured...more were hurt in 2007. Two thirds of children surveyed (67%) said they thought the...

Only 1 in 8 Children's Educational TV Programs Meet High Quality...

PR Newswire;  November 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Illustrates Weaknesses in Broadcasters' Efforts to Provide Children's Educational Programming WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by Children Now reveals substantial deficiencies in children's educational television programming and raises...

Deborah Ellis: Off to War: Voices of Soldiers' Children.(Brief...

The Horn Book Magazine;  November 1, 2008 ;     194 words ...Deborah Ellis Off to War: Voices of Soldiers' Children 176 pp. Groundwood 9/08 ISBN 978-0-88899-894-1...offering goes far to explore what happens to the other children of war--children of soldiers. Ellis interviews American and Canadian...

Information literate? Just turn the children loose!

Teacher Librarian;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Clarke that said, There will be different ways. Children learn better when they are excited and engaged...United Kingdom's National Association for Able Children in Education) and built a model children could begin using as pictured in Figure I...

Scandal of the children in cars so packed they can't wear seatbelts

Belfast Telegraph;  November 12, 2008 ;     413 words ...FOUR out of five children in Northern Ireland say they have been...by road safety charity Brake. Five children were killed, 101 seriously injured...more were hurt in 2007. Two thirds of children surveyed (67%) said they thought the...

Raising pots of cash for Pudsey; CHILDREN IN NEED: City fundraisers do...

Birmingham Mail (England);  November 14, 2008 ;     335 words ......pounds for Pudsey in the BBC's annual Children in Need appeal. Fun-loving staff at a...Sogi said: It went really well. All the children took part and were really excited about...up in bear outfits. When you work with children, being silly and having fun is something...

Holiday trio drowned trying to save their children

Evening Standard - London;  November 18, 2008 ;     224 words ......in the Algarve trying to rescue their children who were being sucked out to sea by the...Bassett, Wiltshire, all died saving the children from the swell off Praia do Tonel a beach...up in the rising current. All of the children at the beach that afternoon lived. Mr...

Schools told to make children play in rain; RETRO REPORT November, 2004...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 11, 2008 ;     263 words ......are to be ordered to get tough with children and make them spend playtimes out in the rain. In an attempt to give children a better start in life, the Assembly...play. They would also like to see children reclaiming the streets, putting the...

MORE BEAR ESSENTIALS; BBC CHILDREN IN NEED.(News)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  November 15, 2008 ;     683 words ......people turned fundraisers for the day as Children In Need fever swept Huddersfield. Dozens...very generous, said Rebecca. Staff and children dressed up as Pudsey Bear at Little Angels...dress day. Students raised money for Children In Need at Huddersfield New College...