The Ogden School District’s new child nutrition center aims to serve area families

The Ogden School District's new child nutrition center aims to serve area families

Estimated study time: 2-3 minutes OGDEN The Ogden School District has opened a new facility to serve the community in a variety of ways. The Child Nutrition Program building, located at 1950 Monroe Blvd., on the district’s administrative campus will allow the district to purchase and store more dry and frozen goods while eliminating the …

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Parents need child care, and more are finding it at work

Parents need child care, and more are finding it at work

As the child care crisis rages, more companies are trying to help their workers with children get on-site child care. Data from The Best Place for Working Parents found that about 13% of companies in their network offer on-site child care. But providing on-site childcare is tricky and expensive. Like millions of other parents, Emily …

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More than 1 in 4 children in the U.S. child welfare system are prescribed psychotropic medications, study finds

More than 1 in 4 children in the U.S. child welfare system are prescribed psychotropic medications, study finds

A recent study highlights a known medical anomaly within the U.S. child welfare system. What the study says According to a research letter published in August, children in the U.S. child welfare system, which includes youth receiving adoption assistance, foster care or guardianship , are more likely than other children on Medicaid to receive psychotropic …

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Child gun deaths after arrival in pediatric emergency rooms doubled during pandemic

Child gun deaths after arrival in pediatric emergency rooms doubled during pandemic

Gun deaths and injuries doubled during pandemic, national data study finds … [+] of nine pediatric emergency departments, including Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. In this photo, an ambulance is seen outside Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, December 12, 2022. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua via Getty Images) Xinhua News Agency via …

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FTC plans to hire child psychologist to guide internet rules

FTC plans to hire child psychologist to guide internet rules

Monkeybusinessimages | Istock | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission plans to hire at least one child psychologist who can guide its work on Internet regulation, Democratic Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya told The Record in an interview published Monday. FTC Chair Lina Khan supports the project, Bedoya told the outlet, adding that he hopes it can …

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Ask Amy: I realized that my brother, who tormented me as a child, always suffered from depression

Ask Amy: I realized that my brother, who tormented me as a child, always suffered from depression

DEAR AMY: I grew up in the 1960s in a Midwestern family where we were taught to suppress our emotions. I was a sensitive and creative child, the youngest of three brothers. My parents were loving but detached, which provided my brother (who was two and a half years older) with endless opportunities to torment …

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Here are 5 things a child therapist says he doesn’t do when playing with his kids

Here are 5 things a child therapist says he doesn't do when playing with his kids

In short, they become the “biker family” of an abused child, and they let the child and everyone else know that no one is going after their family. As the BACA mission statement says: “We exist as a group of bikers to allow children to not be afraid of the world they live in. We …

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