Now I am glad that my school isn’t as restrictive as Desert Wind School in Socorro, TX. There, an 8th grader is missing prom and graduation because of highlights in her hair. Not purple highlights. Not 5 foot long extensions. Just highlights.
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Some teenagers are stupid! And some are just uninformed. They NEED to start giving us the real facts or kids will be killing themselves trying to stay healthy. I wrote about teen pregnancy and sex education previously here and here and here.
Nobody Could Have Predicted…
from Eschaton by Atrios
And on and on…
ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent […]
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Sorry for the light posting during my vacation. Been having way too much fun to pay a lot of attention to politics. Good thing that people sometimes send me links like this one!
New Poll: 12 Year Olds Know Congress Could Cut War Money, Adults Believe Congress Powerless to End Iraq Occupation
from AfterDowningStreet.org - Impeach Bush […]
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I’ve written before about prison camps for teenagers and the abuse that happens there, but this one’s the worst I have seen described INSIDE the U.S. Nothing, NOTHING these girls did could justify this. Never!
AP: 13,000 abuse claims in juvie centers (AP)
from Yahoo! News
AP - The Columbia Training School […]
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So, if my parents or guardians made me sleep in a room like this
or spend all of my time lying on the floor face down like this …
they would probably get arrested, right? Either for child abuse or neglect.
But what about if parents outsourced abusing their kids? What if they sent thm to places where […]
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I think this seems like a pretty good idea. Everyone should have rights and everyone should know their rights. A bit surprising that the newspaper article doesn’t actually say what the rights are. What do you think?
Texas drafts bill of rights for foster children
Similar list of rights failed in 2007 legislative session.
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Victoria Jaramillo, 40, holding her 3-month-old daughter, Frida, at Santa Martha Acatitla, a women’s prison in Mexico City. (Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times)
My mom is in prison and has been for more than four years. I have thought a lot about what it would be like if she had […]
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In general, I have really strong opinions about things. But I am not sure how I feel about the reports of online bullying of kids. On the one hand, kids need to be protected from sexual abuse and all that kind of stuff. On the other hand, is the online world better or worse […]
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I liked the movie Spy Kids when it first came out, and parts of the second movie were filmed near where I live. Never saw the third one. I know some middle school kids that want to be spies when they grow up, and Valerie Plame seems pretty cool. But ……
Should kids be spies NOW […]
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This case is just wrong. Kids should be able to choose their books at school and at the library. The parents and the administrators here are in the wrong. Let the kids read, especially if it’s a book that has won awards and can teach things and not just a book […]
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