Don't You Worry Child

Oklahoma's budget crisis raises concerns about family service organizations

Edit The Oklahoman 15 May 2016

I love looking at her because she is a very happy child,” said 69-year-old Floyd ... Her grandfather offering to help with the babies as she goes around the center to sort through what she urgently needs is a welcome relief, since she doesn't have to worry about paying for day care ... Children don't understand layoffs; they need to eat,” Jones said ... “To pay for these day cares, you need money. To get money, you need a job....

Stay playful: The mantra young India needs to know

Edit The Times of India 15 May 2016

He seemed not to take himself seriously nor worry about competence ... But we don't need the findings of western psychology to uncover the sources of innovation ... Human beings act because we desire something but god has everything and so he plays purposelessly like a child, for the sheer joy of it ... God's leela is to remind us that we don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing....

Lesley Riddoch: Fall-out over Named Person scheme won’t go away

Edit Scotsman 15 May 2016

A panellist sort of corrected him; “you don't name them, the state gives you one,” after which Dimbleby said, “I didn't know that, it gets stranger and stranger,” before stating (again mistakenly), “So every child until 18 will have a social worker attached to them.” ... Even supporters can see what's worrying parents – why does every child need a ......

Oklahoma DHS budget concerns merit close attention from Legislature

Edit The Oklahoman 15 May 2016

The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services worries about how many of the people it serves will go without help next fiscal year ... In addition, a large chunk of the state's annual appropriation must be directed toward critical programs such as child welfare services, foster care and adoption payments, and the Medicaid matches for Development Disabilities and Advantage Aging Services waivers....

Family Finally Discovers What Had Been Stalking Their 9-Year-Old Son (Video)

Edit Opposing Views 15 May 2016

Most parents are worried about threats to their child’s safety here on earth, but the parents of a 9-year-old boy in Atlanta, Georgia, are looking at outer space as the potential source of a threat, the Irish Mirror reported (video below)....

Experts debate if `brexting' affects mom-child bonding

Edit The Times of India 15 May 2016

Studies say using gadgets while feeding your child can cut into the attention you give them. They suggest that a nursing mother should make eye con tact with the child and when you are distracted, it affects the bonding ... When you look at the child, he/she will feel calm ... Yes, you need to establish an emotional connection with the child, but putting too much pressure on mothers will drive them over the brink."....

Why the forgotten moments of motherhood matter most

Edit Deseret News 15 May 2016

They won’t remember that you were there, every second, every day for the first few years of their life ... My own mother often asks me questions such as, “Do you remember (insert nostalgic childhood memory here)?” If it happened before I was about 8, chances are I don’t ... But don’t worry — while you may be the only one who remembers, your love is something your children will never forget....

Mom who abandoned ‘No Given Name’ battles to get her back

Edit New York Post 15 May 2016

Hospital staff put No Given Name on the birth certificate and the child went to foster care ... At the time, you’re not thinking,” the mom told The Post. “I was just worried about my kids, and losing them for good. Postpartum depression is nothing to joke about, because you do irrational things.” ... ‘Postpartum depression is nothing to joke about, because you do irrational things.’ - the child's biological mother....

'Sick and asphyxiating' – why we live in an age of anxiety

Edit The Guardian 15 May 2016

Are you feeling worried yet? And if you are, can you distinguish worry from anxiety, and regular, bearable anxiety from a disorder? ... And, in the moment when anxiety strengthens its grip, when you can’t find air for worry, Stossel advises ... Don’t fight anxiety, but allow it to crash over you, knowing it will pass.” There is one last recommendation that might help everyone....

Sorry Nicky, I'm Out

Edit Huffington Post 15 May 2016

It is with a heavy heart that I write you this letter ... If it's not exercise books and resources taking over your lounge and kitchen table it's worrying about results or about little Ahmed's home life keeping you awake at 2am ... First you introduced the phonics check ... You drip fed the message ... One last thing - if you do end up losing your job over your shambolic running of the Education System - make sure they don't replace you with Boris....

Bernie Sanders And Why The Kids Know Best

Edit Inquisitr 15 May 2016

Millennials are brattish, ignorant, self-centered and uninformed, don’t you know? They are immoral and narcissistic and know nothing, so an endorsement from them is a reason to ignore him ... Taking away those worries, both teens and parents reported that using smartphones was reportedly improving their parent/child relationships....

Good news: Mumbai's child sex ratio of 933 at all-time high

Edit The Times of India 15 May 2016

The city's child sex ratio reached an all time high in 2015, with 933 girls born per 1,000 boys, significantly ahead of the national average of 918. But several wards of the city bucked the progressive trend to register a worrying gap. As per recently released BMC data, 11of 24 wards registered a dip in the ratio, indicative of a strong bias towards the male child, compared with 2014....

2-Year-Old Suffers The Consequences After Mom Tells Concerned Family To 'Mind Their Own Business'

Edit Opposing Views 15 May 2016

Martinez’s son started dating the 2-year-old’s mother, Jessica Langlais, when she was six months pregnant, and although the couple eventually broke up, Martinez and Winkler continued to babysit and care for the child ... I'm telling her (Langlais), ‘I don't know what the deal is but there's something going on here.’” ... “They left the child vulnerable,” Winkler said of Child Protective Services....