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Archives
2010
Healing the
wounds of bullying with 'yes'
Learning,
loving, as you go along
Australia:
Quiet building of a better deal for all Victorians
NY's juvie
justice system is a crying shame: Keep troubled youngsters downstate for
care
UK news
insight: Offenders facing crisis are let down
Education
alternatives: Don't expect miracles
Officer lists
positives of recently cancelled D.A.R.E. program
Bullies can't hide online
We must protect
kids from bullying
Canada: Critics
say increasing prison capacity won't cut crime
Study: Why
child abuse investigations don't help kids
Indiana: Help
families instead of tearing them apart
New Zealand:
Government Bill a violation of children's rights
A home for the
homeless
New Zealand:
Doing it for the kids
Schwarzenegger
decision on foster care bill crucial
UK: Where next
for the children's workforce?
Illinois: How
influx of 17-year-olds has hit juvenile center
Let's stop
sending our kids to prison!
Australia:
Child protection underbelly sells out at risk kids
Never
underestimate the power of partnerships
NZ: Foster
children need more contact with birth families
Largest foster
care survey reveals majority kids happy
Finding right
direction: Social service agency treats employees with same care as
clients
UK youth
justice system treats ethnic groups differently
Funding
flexibility helps keep Florida children safe and out of foster care
Canada:
Mandatory long-form census paints picture of youth suicide
Suicide
prevention by drugs questioned
Should parents
be held responsible for the bad acts of their children?
British
Columbia: Finding help for troublesome youth poses problem
Canada: Don't
blame social workers for the toxic children's ministry
Australia: "We
can`t trust our leaders to protect kids - so let`s get someone who will"
Revealed: The
horrific trade in British children for sex
New Zealand:
Time for suicide reporting to lose its stigma
Getting to the
bottom of a caffeine cannon
Spare budgets
that help our children thrive
Florida: New
hope for foster youths
UK: Case of
14-year-old prostitute underlines lack of support for runaways
California:
Social workers dealing with troubled families try to balance multiple
factors
Australia:
Band-Aid for broken mental health system
Obesity linked
to poor school performance
Many parents
fail to teach values
Restraints and
at-risk kids: Two opinions
Wyoming:
Legislators can learn from juvenile justice study
Guyana: Sports
policy advocates cost benefit for investing in sport
New Zealand:
Sending the right message
Juvenile
justice reform finding increased traction in salvaging troubled youth
California:
Juvenile hall is inappropriate for minors 12 and younger
Youth
development approach favored by policy makers
UK: Family boot camp for nightmare
neighbours
California
foster care scholarship program is fiscally responsible reform
"It is easier
to build strong children than fix broken men."
Boston: At-risk
youth are our responsibility
Don't blame
child-care workers
'I was scared
to sleep': LGBT youth face violence behind bars
Change laws to
give fathers more time with their children
UK: Threat of
cuts could cause crisis in foster care facilities
Canada: Experts
- changes to crime laws bad for teens with mental illness
The tragedy of
absent fathers
Virginia: Where
are the watchdogs?
Overdue
justice: Gov. Paterson's bill a strong start in fixing youth prison
system
Gang media
coverage under the microscope
Ontario:
Schools lack access to mental-health professionals, report says
California:
County policy on young juveniles sets model for the nation
Missouri:
Putting kids on a better path
Let teenagers
stockpile emergency contraceptives
Canada: A
better idea for foster kids
State works on
making foster care safest
UK: Music
unlocks the key to children's souls
Guam: Transform
services for children
UK: Youth jails
are 'a stain on our justice system'
Make youth
recreation a community priority
Canada: Putting
kids first
Early detection
key to treating mental health in kids
Looking behind
the Catholic sex abuse scandal
USA: 12 things
the bishops have learned from the clergy sexual abuse crisis
Teaching
children to garden has benefits that last beyond harvest
UK: Joint
enterprise rule the wrong weapon against youth crime
Cuts in human
services could exact a high cost later
Restore child
welfare funding: Our most vulnerable children deserve no less
A little
respect please
Georgia: Foster
care fraught with private abuses, public excuses
UK: Spending
early on children in care will save in the long term
UK: Why we need
children's trusts
LA foster care:
Race plays a role
Trying to keep
kids on the right track
Saskatchewan:
Child welfare review begins
Canada: Turning 18 doesn't mean children
don't need love
A wiser view of flash mobs
UK: We need a rapid reaction drugs unit
Revive conferences on children
The fall of an institution
Nova Scotia: Troubled times for mental
health
Working with criminal youth takes a
patient person
Australia: Foster kids face bleak future
Looking across at other professions
Really support caregivers
California: Governor abandoning foster
youth
Canada: Troubled kids must mind gap
US: ‘Disparate impact’ no way to help
ex-cons
UK: Set free: Pathetic waste of poor
boy's life
Indiana: Ball fields would be good for
youth
USA: Will foster care cuts drive more
runaways to the streets?
Arizona: Council should heed nonprofits'
idea
Why childhood depression is on the rise
Virginia: Save the CCCA - for the kids
Troubled kids need real help
What is behind the collapse of
civilization?
'Locking up children doesn't work'
At age 100, Scouting is more relevant
than ever
Why we need to help unemployed youth
The good and bad on teen smoking front
In D.C., a promise kept in juvenile
justice
An illegitimate response to Chicago's
youth violence
Why the Edlington case should not be
published in full
Community can help end homelessness
Rebuttal: Sexual misconduct with
juveniles not tolerated
BC: Vulnerable kids need better access
to complaint process
Texas: No excuses for sex abuse in
juvenile detention
Teen's tragedy is our failure
Scotland: The calls for attention that
we just can't ignore
Commentary: Sexual abuse of incarcerated
youth must end
2009
Treatment comes
at cost of custody
Ireland: Welfare cuts of 4pc 'are
callous, unjust and uncaring'
New York: Foster kids to get a home in
one year city says
Bridging the e-safety gap for
looked-after children
Illinois: Get serious about fixing youth
prison
UK: 'Right to fair trial undermined for
disabled and child defendants'
Report: Plight of LGBT youths in the
juvenile justice system
People who care deserve our thanks
Youth need caring adult relationships
Canada: Youth living conditions a
'provincial shame'
Canada: Province's job to protect
children
NYC's juvenile justice system needs more
than a 'friendly' monitor
The young and the reckless
The trouble with ‘zero tolerance’
Thousands of children in Ontario need
permanent families
B.C.:Don't forget to thank a youth
worker
Foster families provide love and
stability
Years of neglect has hurt children's
mental health in Ontario
UK: Crazy law leaves a child out in the
cold
Which services is government asking CAS
not to provide?
The psychological and genetic roots of
urban violence
Charges, like the child victims’ best
interests, were dropped
NZ: Protection more important than
culture, says child expert
Scotland: Councils failing children with
parents in jail, Barnado's
In British Columbia, Suffer the Children
Why are so many children anxious?
Foster care system being overlooked
Last 18 months: 268 children in child
welfare program died
One more time: Don’t pit preschoolers
against teens
Early release from custody sends youth
the wrong message
How you can cope with the meltdown
UK: Let the decent citizens reclaim our
streets
Effects of growing up in poor households
can be lifelong
Being a kid … tougher than it used to be
Teens, texting and the sleep connection
Our opinion: It's all good
Foster care: Building relationships with
birth, adoptive parents
The economic impact of early
vulnerability in B.C.
Fostering happy families
Alberta: Catastrophe at Children's
Services
Let's make PE mandatory every day
Promising models for reforming juvenile
justice systems
UK: Horrific attack–so just how do we
deal with damaged children?
'Aged-out' foster youth at terrible risk
California: Prison agency reform;
Assembly runs scared
The face of gang recruits is changing
How did Senator Edward Kennedy's work
affect young people?
Few willing or able to change
irresponsible youth culture
Last time we abandoned the young, bits
of Britain broke
Justice Minister MacAskill praises
Coatbridge youth project
A hypothetical juvenile case:
Rehabilitative justice at work
Escaping poverty means not accepting the
status quo
Locking up kids with mental illness
South Africa: Health service’s tragic
orphan
How to recharge your soul
Canada: Advocates say foster parents
need better support
UK: Programme for 16-18 year old care
leavers is rolled out nationally
Confidential medical care necessary:
Some kids in danger at home
Boring playgrounds blamed for soft
generation
Is it adolescent hormones or is it
depression?
Remember, we're all villagers
Boys Town founder Father Flanagan was
kind, but also a disciplinarian
What stands between a child and a lating
family
Georgia teen pregnancies offer troubling
statistics
Address high rate of blacks in prison
School for at-risk students has East
Falls grumbling
A broken system
Winnipeg's shame
California: Corrections system's ripe
for an overhaul
How old is mature enough?
Developmentally disabled aren’t ’they’
but you and me
Canada: Youth are not getting needed
treatment
Social workers are in a terrible bind
Child's death exposes a big problem in
foster-care reform
Youth center fears raised after killing
Are schools for gay children necessary?
Hey parents, leave those kids alone!
Home education
Australia: We're failing our children
Heaping helpings of caring for teenagers
Foster teens face uncertain futures
after graduation
Louisiana makes progress in reforming
juvenile justice
Youth in state's care need greater
protection
Ireland: State's aftercare
'responsibility' for young
Canada: Before you say you’re sorry
Education: A social
dysfunction-perpetuating machine?
New Zealand: Submitters aim to soften
"boot camp" bill
Hard times for the kids
Medical evidence on marijuana blows both
ways
Foster care in Alaska
Suicide prevention focus of Mental
Health Month
Foster kids all need what 'a forever
family' can give them
Stop kids lighting up – take cigarettes
off the shelves
UK: All schools should link up with the
police
The motherhood issue that matters
New Zealand: Unanimous expert criticism
of ‘Boot Camp Bill’
'Send problem children to boarding
schools'
Los Angeles' juvenile justice fiasco
New Zealand: Boot camps won't work
Serve America and see residential care
in the round
Open letter: Children in care
Extend foster care to age 21
Who is raising our children, “social
networks” or parents?
New York: State can do more for youth
mental health
The juvenile crime
How can children be so evil?
Adoption is not always the best option
for every child
New Labour’s genetic database harms
children
Just a few minutes a day can make a
difference
Why shouting at your children is as bad
as smacking them
Look to the extended family before
putting children in care
Foster children need family ties
Education reformers unveil their latest
foolish theories
Alaska: Practical advice on fixing
state’s foster care
There are no bad children
Australia: Residential care needs reform
UK: Laming's report is a wake-up call
Startling campaign outlines the dangers
of gang culture
Sorry, girls - social services should be
a real job for real men
Prison's tragic void
Louisiana: Juvenile justice changes
needed
Does any 11-year-old deserve life in
prison?
Failing children, failing the public
Tory councillor's cuts wish-list baffles
residents
Jailing children for cash
Florida: Protecting the future
Keeping violent media away from boys
could be a bad idea
UK: Justice Ministry to bar parents from
telling their own stories
The need for support doesn't end at 18
Mr. President, bring back the public
fields
Kids don’t play in the streets anymore
Criminal age 'should be raised'
Why we're tone deaf to the needs of our
children
Layoffs can cause family stress
Treat mental health problems early,
avoid trouble later
Youths in custody: our duty of care
Let's deal with children in need, not
how we count them
We are our brother's — and
our children's — keeper
Schools should not be left to tackle
gang problem, says report
Erie County coordinates services to
troubled youths
Evidence, not theory
Parents seek more than detentions
Helping children big task
2008
