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Clinic opens for children addicted to video games and the internet (1 Comment)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 5:49 PM

Doctors claim to have opened the first dedicated clinic in Britain to treat children addicted to video games and other technology. Capio Nightingale Hospital, a private facility in Central London, introduced the service after calls from parents concerned about their children’s use of games, the internet, or mobile phones. A spokeswoman for the hospital said [...]

March 30, 2010:

3rd Circuit Bars Child Porn Prosecution of Teen in Sexting Photo (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 5:47 PM

A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction that bars the child pornography prosecution of a teen girl in Pennsylvania who appeared topless in a photo that ended up on high school students’ cell phones. The opinion by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the first decision by a federal appeals court involving [...]

March 29, 2010:

Girls ordered to spend weekends with sex offender father (1 Comment)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 5:46 PM

A COURT has ordered two young girls to spend weekends with their sex offender father provided he puts a door on their bedroom they can lock. Judge Robert Benjamin, in the Family Court's Hobart branch, ruled that the girls "need some protection from (their father), particularly at night". However, the risk of sexual abuse was [...]

March 28, 2010:

Parents Angry Over CCTV In School Toilets (3 Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 5:44 PM

Outraged parents have hit out at a school in Birmingham after pupils discovered CCTV cameras in the school's toilets. Youngsters at Grace Academy in Chelmsley Wood claim they returned from half-term to find staff had installed the cameras without notifying them or their parents. Some parents are furious at what they say is a "total [...]

March 27, 2010:

Professor develops new method to catch cheaters (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 5:51 PM

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology devised a clever way to detect student cheating on homework in his introductory physics course—and found about 50 percent more cheating than students reported in anonymous surveys. And he discovered that frequent cheaters ended up bombing their exams. The professor, David E. Pritchard, led a research team [...]

March 26, 2010:

'Big Brother' watches Sacramento Valley students (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 5:56 PM

A warning for thousands of students in the Sacramento Valley: If you took a test or failed to turn in homework today, your parents may already have that information. Students at Natomas Middle School in Sacramento are well aware that an Internet Web site known as Power School is helping parents keep tabs on them. [...]

March 25, 2010:

Fear of youth is worse than ever, says says psychologist and TV presenter Tanya Byron (No Comments)Posted in: Commentary by SoulRiser @ 12:18 AM

'We see children as pestilent' Adults are suffering from ephebiphobia - fear of young people - says psychologist and TV presenter Tanya Byron, and it is destroying a generation's chances. We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no [...]

March 24, 2010:

Prom canceled after lesbian's date request (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 8:30 PM

A Mississippi county school board announced Wednesday it would cancel its upcoming prom after a gay student petitioned to bring a same-sex date to the event. "Due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events, the Itawamba County School District has decided to not host a prom at Itawamba Agricultural High School [...]

March 23, 2010:

Mom and dad, stop stifling me – it's damaging my brain (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 6:53 PM

Overprotective parents inhibit more than their kids' freedom: they may also slow brain growth in an area linked to mental illness. Children whose parents are overprotective or neglectful are believed to be more susceptible to psychiatric disorders – which in turn are associated with defects in part of the prefrontal cortex. To investigate the link, [...]

Detention for Wearing Breast Cancer Bracelet (1 Comment)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 5:54 PM

Nick Morgan is a 15-year-old freshman in South Glens Falls, New York. He has an aunt with breast cancer and another aunt who died from the disease. Consequently, Nick supports Breast Cancer Awareness. He wears a bracelet that says “I (heart) boobies (Keep A Breast)” In March, 2010, his science teacher took offense at the [...]

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