June 2011 - Kiddie Yaps - The Network of Care

Target Expands Recall of Child Booster Seats Following Additional Reports of Falls

Download image WASHINGTON, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall [...] Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 5:48 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Parenting, Popular Culture, kids, children

Luke Walton, Shawn Johnson Thank Dad for Lessons Learned

June Issue of Highlights magazine includes sports stars’ celebration of dads COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The June issue of Highlights for Children, the best-read children’s magazine in the nation, features top athletes’...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 5:48 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Parenting, Popular Culture, kids, children

PA CLEAR’S 1.1 Million Working Pennsylvanians Urge Lawmakers to Focus on Impact of Gov. Corbett’s Budget Proposal

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The PA CLEAR Coalition is urging lawmakers to return the taxpayer’s surplus and prevent sweeping cuts to public schools in every corner of the Commonwealth. “All you have to do...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 5:48 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Parenting, Popular Culture, kids, children

Denver School Nurses Unite Community in the Fight against Meningitis, a Potentially Deadly Disease

School nurses organization educates parents of preteens and teens about meningitis and the importance of vaccination DENVER, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Colorado Association of School Nurses (CASN) has joined with the Colorado Department of...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 5:48 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Parenting, Popular Culture, kids, children

Peter Facinelli Launches #ifiwereaVampire Campaign to Raise Funds for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Fantapper Campaign Gives Fans Vampire Treatment While Supporting Childhood Cancer Charity IRVINE, Calif., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Actor Peter Facinelli, star of THE TWILIGHT SAGA and “Nurse Jackie,” has launched a new effort to...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 11:48 PM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Parenting, Popular Culture, kids, children

PENCIL Founder Lisa Belzberg Hands Reins to JetBlue CEO Dave Barger

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Executive Lewis Warren, Jr. Elected to Board Download image NEW YORK, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — PENCIL, the NYC–based non-profit that works [...] Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 11:48 PM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Parenting, Popular Culture, kids, children

New Game for Kids 8 to 12 Teaches Them How to Stay Safe on the Internet

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Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 11:48 PM by Kiddie Yaps

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Symposium Focuses on Positioning Young Black Boys for Educational Success

Group faces “toxic cocktail of poverty, illiteracy, racial disparities, violence, massive incarceration and family breakdown.” WASHINGTON, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – The nation’s leading educators, researchers and policy experts...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 11:48 PM by Kiddie Yaps

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Having Pets May Curb Allergies

Contrary to popular beliefs that kids can develop allergies because of exposure to dog or cat hair, a study showed that kids being exposed very early on to pets in the house can actually make them immune to allergies. In a research done by the Detroit...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 8:53 PM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Children's Health and safety, Children's Development, allergens, study researchers, allergy study, healthy lifestyle, flake, lifestyle choice, animal lovers, pet ownership, cat allergies, cat hair