Tag: families & children
Libya's schools trying to reform pro-Gadhafi curriculum
With Moammar Gadhafi out of power, efforts turn to reforming the systems he built, not the least of which is Libya's schools. The national curriculum, very pro-Gadhafi, is being revised to be more accurate....
American midwife discovers challenges of medicine in Haiti
Erin Curtiss, a midwife in Seattle, went to Haiti to help train more midwives. What she found, though, shocked her and disappointed her, but left her wanting to help more....
The sex talk: How a European country might help Americans get a handle on it
A new book looks at how the Netherlands approaches sex and teenagers, and how Americans might be able to use some of those tactics to improve communications with our own teens....
The Tavis Smiley Show's "Poverty in America" – Seniors
9 million older adults don't know where their next meal is coming from. Making ends meet is a daily struggle....
The Tavis Smiley Show's "Poverty in America" – Children and Education
16.5 million American children live in poverty. That's more than any other first-world nation....
The Tavis Smiley Show's "Poverty in America" – Hunger
New census data shows that 46 million people live in poverty in the United States. That's about one out of every six Americans....
Greek debt crisis leaves heavy burden on family bonds
As Greeks deal with the persistent national crisis, the bonds of family are being tested as every struggles to even get by. Generations living under one roof, trying to get by on less and less money....
Caught on tape: parents spanking to discipline children
Most parents say they spank their children only as a last resort, but audio research at Southern Methodist University shows most parents do the exact opposite....
Children struggle to survive on the streets in Kabul
According to UNICEF, more than 30 percent of children of elementary-school age are working on the streets in Afghanistan and are often their family's sole breadwinners....
Mysterious cave art thought to be done by children 13,000 years ago
Researchers think prehistoric drawings in the famous Rouffignac Cave complex in France may have been done by children, and that part of the cave served as a prehistoric daycare....
