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  • How to Occupy Your Kids Over Summer

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau It’s officially summer! That means the kids are home from school for a few long months. The first week or so might have been all fun and games, but now they’re starting to get bored, and they think it’s your job to...
  • 5 Ways the Arts Are Good for Kids

    David Murphey Child Trends Young children love to draw, paint, sing, and dance, and these activities play an important role in their early development. The benefits of arts participation persist into adolescence and beyond. Here are five reasons why the arts are important for children. Arts participation is associated...
  • Teach Your Children about Money this Financial Literacy Month

    StatePoint April is Financial Literacy Month, an ideal time to think about the lessons your children are learning about money. Setting a good financial example is just the start. Parents should also actively engage children on the topic. These lessons can help put kids and teens on the right...
  • National Adoption Month

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A new study finds that adopted children of same-sex couples experience no differences from peers being raised by households with a male and a female. Rachel Farr, a developmental psychologist and psychology professor at the University of Kentucky, studied nearly 100...
  • Families with Children Face Housing Discrimination in Fremont

    Fair Housing Investigation at Fremont Condo Complex Reveals Longstanding Pattern of Discrimination Against Families with Children Fremont, CA – Project Sentinel joined a class of aggrieved residents to file a housing discrimination lawsuit in federal court against Silvertree Mohave Homeowners’ Association (HOA) and Management Solutions. Both jointly manage Silvertree...
  • Report: California Shortchanging its Children

    Suzanne Potter /California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California needs to do more – a lot more – to help children who’ve been abused or neglected recover from the trauma. That’s one conclusion of the 2016 California Children’s Report Card issued by the children’s advocacy group Children Now. The...
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