Children

A series of natural disasters has his Asia in recent months leading to increased concern for child malnutrition, as food security rises.  There is no question that optimal infant and young child feeding is essential for optimal growth and development.   Optimal feeding includes; breastfeeding exclusively for six months, and providing appropriate complementary foods with […]

According to the National Center on Family Homelessness, one in every 50 American children experiences homelessness.  Homelessness affects children in a multitude of ways, including both their physical and mental health.  Over two million youths, between the ages of 12 and 24, will experience at least one episode of homelessness each year.  More than 100,000 […]

Its official we have entered the holiday season, the Halloween costumes are safely tucked away until next years hauntings and the streets are quickly beginning to come to life with glittering lights.  For most of us the lists are beginning as time of gift giving is quickly approaching.   But as you begin your holiday shopping […]

A story sure to give you nightmares is the harrowing story behind child labor across the globe.  Whether it is costumes made from cotton picked by child labors in Uzbekistan or clothing sewn by child labors, ghoulish make-up with minerals mined by child labors, chocolate candy-bars made from cocoa picked by the hands of child […]

Is child obesity abuse? That is the question that has been raised by many over the past few years.  As the issue plagues teachers, care providers and doctors as the rates of childhood obesity increase. According to the American Obesity Association, obesity among children and teens is beginning to reach epidemic levels, as some 30% […]

The United States has done it has topped the list, were number one…but this is one list and ranking we don’t want to go dancing in the streets about. Shockingly to many the US is the cheerless leader of deaths related to child abuse and neglect. Five children die each day in this country as […]

Robin Morgan, an American author, feminist, and child actor, made the following statement in her book, Theory and Practice: Pornography and Rape, in, The Word of a Woman, part 1, which which was written in 1974, but published 1992; “The act of rape is merely the expression of the standard, ‘healthy’ even encouraged male fantasy […]

As a writer on children’s rights, the subject of abuse is commonplace, the types of abuse are a varied as they are haunting.  Most often I write about the horrors that happen outside the United States, however the US is plagued by its own child abusers in all forms.  Often we forget to bring much […]

Today is a day to bring awareness to the realities of the situation as it is World Food Day, the theme of this year’s Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is,Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis. The world food security governance system is inefficient and not well coordinated to address the […]

I am a true believer in the old saying that “laughter is the best medicine”, when I am down or just having one of those high stress days I pull a face or just do a crazy dance and the world suddenly seems right again.  Laughter is truly a saving grace in many cases, and […]

A few years ago I brought you the inspiring story of William Kamkwamba, who at the age of 14, used the inquisitive nature of his youth to change the lives of both his family and village.   After being forced to drop out of school as his parents had no money,William  sought refuge in a tiny […]