Posts Tagged ‘Parents’

Erin Brockovich, Gibbs Looking into Mystery Illness in LeRoy

Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Groups led by environmental-activist icons Erin Brockovich and Lois Gibbs have been talking with parents and gathering background. A chapter of the Sierra Club has been digging into the LeRoy school's unusual connection with natural gas drilling.

On Campus, a Law Enforcement System to Itself

Saturday, November 12th, 2011
After the body of an Eastern Michigan University freshman was found in her dorm room in December 2006, naked from the waist down with a pillow over her head, the chief of the university police said there was "no reason to suspect foul play," and let her parents believe she had died of natural causes.

Time Outdoors Will Help America’s Sleep-Deprived Kids

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
RESTON, VA. — Parents will tell you there are few things worse than a child who needs sleep. With the back-to-school season in full swing, many parents are battling the bedtime routine again, a source of frustration for many families. A new report and parent guide “Green Time for Sleep ...

Let’s get children moving

Monday, July 11th, 2011
Children are physically active for barely half of the 60 minutes a day the Government says they need to keep them fit and healthy, according to new research from the University of Worcester's Institute of Sport and Exercise Science. Yet parents believe they average 271 active minutes a day – more than eight times the amount they actually achieve.

Good nutrition: a key to your good health

Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Good nutrition is a very common concern of parents of newborns. However, it is important for all ages. Aside from providing the building blocks of our body, nutrients provide the necessary vitamins and other elements needed for our body to work to its full potential.[...]