Watch this powerful video of a dad describing how his 10-year-old, autistic son was bullied at school — not by other students, but by aides and teachers.
Tag Archives: adults
Budget Cuts in the Classroom: What’s on the School Chopping Block?
The slow pace of America’s economic recovery means many states are still hurting financially.
Turkey: The Banished American
The most popular foreign resident in the tiny Turkish port of Kusadasi is a lean, blond, blue-eyed American known locally as Kemal Baldwin. Kids follow him through the streets, and adults come to him for solution of all kinds of problems
Phoebe Prince, School Bullying Case: Cruel or Criminal?
Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge. That’s one of many reasons the awful story of Phoebe Prince leaves me so uneasy.
Birth Control for Kids?
When the Portland, Maine, School Committee voted 7-2 Wednesday night to make birth control pills available to middle school girls as young as 11, the response provided the latest evidence that adults still have trouble talking about sex with each other, much less with our kids.
Foster Care: Extreme Edition
In many ways, Claire was a typical 14-year-old. Her favorite store was Forever 21, her favorite food was macaroni and cheese, and her favorite TV show was Bad Girls Club.
The Royal Wedding: How Much Do Brits Really Care?
Jean Stewart, a 62-year-old retired restaurateur in Arbroath, a town of 20,000 on Scotland’s rugged northeast coast, recently dispatched invitations for a ladies’ tea party to watch the television coverage of the wedding of Prince William of Wales to Catherine Middleton on April 29.
Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel
First it was drinking. Then it was cell phones.
Obamas host Halloween at the White House
Obamas host Halloween at the White House President Barack Obama welcomed area students and children of military families Sunday to celebrate Halloween at the White House. Joined by his wife, Michelle, the president handed out treats to the gaggles of costumed children gathered on the lawn. Neither the president nor his wife dressed up. The […]
The iPhone
THE bedroom door opened and a light went on, signaling an end to nap time. The toddler, tousle-haired and sleepy-eyed, clambered to a wobbly stand in his crib. He smiled, reached out to his father, and uttered what is fast becoming the cry of his generation: “iPhone!” The iPhone has revolutionized telecommunications. It has also […]