World Connect Revs Up for More Kids to Kids Grants in More Countries
Online Voting for Members Opens for Global Youth Initiative Creating Opportunities for Kids in Arts, Sports, Education and Environmental Projects

Summer School Grad.com Interactive Online Summer School -- School Districts Outsource Summer School
School districts may outsource summer school 2010 to Summer School Grad.com. Summer School Grad.com offers rich-media research-based online curricula for summer high school credit and unit recovery. The curriculum adheres to national and state educational standards and combines interactive multi-media for adaptive learning. School districts can relieve budget shortfalls by outsourcing their summer school program to cost-effective Summer School Grad.com. At the America’s Promise Alliance conference this week, President Obama stated that one out of three students do not graduate high school in many city school districts and that non-graduates have a three times higher unemployment rate than high school graduates. Summer school credit ...

Your Child Is Not Your “Friend”
There is a purely emotional part of the parent/child relationship that is built on affection and esteem. Parents and children are genetically geared to love each other, and it’s a beautiful thing to behold.

Boys to Men Teams Up With Middle School
The Boys to Men Mentoring Network has created a Boys to Men Club inside a San Diego Middle School. In early September, Boys To Men co-founder Joe Sigurdson approached Spring Valley Middle School to gauge their interested in creating a Boys to Men community inside the school. Sigurdson met with the school's 8th grade boy's counselor Bruce Crenshaw and outlined the Boys to Men program. This opened the door to a meeting with the school's principal and a follow-up presentation to the school board. The presentation was well received and approved, resulting in a Boys to Men Club being created inside Spring Valley Middle School.

Middle School LGBT Students Face Extreme Levels of Harassment, Higher than Their High School Peers, Research Brief Finds
Download GLSEN's research brief here (http://www.glsen.org/binary-data/GLSEN_ATTACHMENTS/file/000/001/1475-1.pdf).

Boys to Men Conducts Record-Breaking Training Event
The New England Chapter of Boys to Men Mentoring Network recently conducted a huge training event that set an historical milestone for the global boys mentoring organization.

Early Childhood Development
Early Childhood Development

Child Brain Development
Early Child Development - Child Brain Development

Boys to Men Cleans Up Graffiti in North Park Community
On Saturday, July 11, the San Diego Chapter of Boys to Men Mentoring Network took to the streets with brushes in hand to remove graffiti from the North Park community of San Diego.

New Study Reveals Sources of Resilience and Strength for Black Girls in New York City Black Girls Face Hardships and Challenges
A new and unique report, Black Girls in New York City: Untold Strength and Resilience, was released by the Black Women for Black Girls Giving Circle (BWBG), a funding initiative of The Twenty-First Century Foundation, and the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR). A key finding in the report is that the impact of poverty is especially acute in the lives of Black girls. Approximately three-quarters of the girls in the study live in low-income communities and households. Importantly, the report also explores the positive influences in Black girls' lives. It finds that girls who highly valued spirituality also tended to have an excellent relationship with their primary caretaker. Likewise, those who possessed a strong sense o...

Cooking For Children Important tips to make your Dishes More Attractive.
Meal times so easily become a battle field when we are cooking for little ones. We spend hours preparing a nutritious meal but it all ends in tears with a toddler tantrum at the tea table.

Little Ones Cooking
Get little ones involved in the kitchen especially when it comes to cooking nutritious recipes Once you get your kids in the kitchen helping you make nutritious meals, it is almost guaranteed that they will eat what they help make

Introduction Part 2 - Quality Child Care For Parents
Introduction Part 2 - Quality Child Care For Parents

Moving With Children - Some Great Tips
Informing Kids When moving with children, tell older ones once the plans are definite Kids need time get through things and adjust: Do not rush their goodbyes to any friends Do not keep the move as a surprise, leaving it to the last minute Tell younger ones when the move is happening and involve them as needed as this will make them less frightened and nervous Attitude and Moving with Kids Adult moods should be focused and show a sense of adventure to the kids Avoid depressed, worried or stressed attitudes as these produce negative responses from kids Avoid kids fearing the unknown by providing all details necessary with an excited and upbeat approach, including what will happen on the moving day Discuss the move, the community and new ...