Meanwhile, Everytown for Gun Safety has aggressively promoted a program that encourages school districts to educate parents on the importance of securely storing their firearms. Last month, Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools – one of the largest districts in the country – announced t...
I found myself in a great moment of empathy near the films end when she is handed a balloon by Angela Lansbury and declares “it’s time” then floats away. I know that feeling too well from leaving classes of children behind me. She knows her job is done but still appears saddened ...
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Martin Luther King, Jr., the government decided it was time to take another look at its gun control laws. The Gun Control Act of 1968 updated verbiage on destructive devices to include things like bombs, mines, and grenades, and added the definition for machine guns. The bill also banned ...
(6) Parents and guardians often are in the best position to weigh the risks and make decisions concerning the safety of children under their care, including where their children may go, with whom, and when; and (7) The excessive investigation and prosecution of parents and guardians who have...
This book has some personal connections to me, because: 1. the author and photographer live near me, and I have met Shelley Rotner, 2. my Quaker meeting is part of a Circle of Care for one of the families in this book, and 3. my school in Springfield has three classes of refugee ...
I was also a little gun shy. Only a couple of months before we had had to return another show horse that a generous friend had loaned to Annabelle. After driving to California with high hopes for that match, we brought the horse home and invested a lot of time and energy trying to ...
But that’s the thing with the second child, instead of brain enrichment exercises and motor development activities and baby massage classes, you are worried about things like Keeping the Baby Alive, because your three year old is always either trying to carry her around by the neck, or knock...
It’s totally normal for families to be concerned about safety when traveling with their kids. Although other Central American countries do have a major problem with gun violence and gangs, Costa Rica is the exception. Costa Rica is a country that abolished it’s miliary in 1949 and has ...
So we talk to him about what Nerf gun he wants, why he wants it, what he things is cool about it, etc. Hiking with kids is a great time to really bond with them and just let them talk. On our last hike our 6 year old talked for the whole 2 mile hike. Seriously, he talked...