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 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HEADLINES
Obama Takes Tougher Stance on Higher Education
CBS News/Associated Press | Feb 21, 2012
The Obama administration has put higher education institutions on notice: if post secondary school fail to control tuition costs, their federal funding will decrease.
More Children Struggle With Gender Identity Disorder (Audio)
NPR, Alix Spiegel | Feb 21, 2012
The March issue of the medical journal Pediatrics features an editorial looking at gender identity disorder in children. Pediatricians apparently are seeing more young patients who express an interest in changing their gender.
Help Black Children? Sure! Teens? Not So Much
Miller-McCune, Tom Jacobs | Feb 20, 2012
A research team from the Wharton School found that Americans give generously to charities that focus on African American children, but prejudice may contribute to a drop-off in donations to nonprofits that serve black teenagers.
New Labor Rules for Home Care Workers on the Table
Women's eNews, Amy Lieberman | Feb 20, 2012
The elder care industry is growing as the U.S. population ages. A rule to extend federal wage protections to this predominantly female work force is in public comment stage.
For America's New Poor, Help Can Be Hard to Find
The Tennessean, Jessica Bliss | Feb 19, 2012
Once middle-class, newly-homeless parents explain how they pieced together public and nonprofit assistance in order to stay together and start over.
For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage
The New York Times, Jason DeParle and Sabrina Tavernise | Feb 17, 2012
Unmarried childbearing is now the "new normal" in the U.S. Non-marital birth rates vary widely by race and educational level.
A Weighty Problem Parents Can't See
Star Tribune, Maura Lerner | Feb 16, 2012
New research shows that few parents correctly identify their children as obese or overweight.
New Jersey Woman Alleges Pregnancy Discrimination While EEOC Calls for Updates to Laws
ABC News, Susanna Kim | Feb 16, 2012
Advocates for women and families tell the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that some businesses are firing pregnant workers, new mothers who have birth complications, or employees who take breaks to pump breast milk.
As Seniors Climb from Poverty, Young Fall In
USA Today, Marisol Bello | Feb 16, 2012
Over the past three decades, child poverty has steadily risen while poverty among the elderly, aided by social programs, steadily drops.
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