http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog A discussion of topics pulled from headlines. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:12:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Earlier this year, Food Network's chef Jamie Oliver launched a televised food revolution about saving America's health by changing the way you eat. Oliver stresses that parents must find out what their child is eating at school, and urge schools to switch from processed to fresh food. Alarmed by the rising ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=41 If your child has been diagnosed with a learning disability, you may be thinking about and wondering how your kid will get through homework, tests, class projects, and school reports. Understanding Special Education Programs is not easy for parents. How can you ensure your child has the best chance to reach ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=40 While we tend to think of summer foods as hot dogs, hamburgers, and barbecue chicken, parents should take these months to get their kids involved with understanding proper nutrition. A great way to do this is to teach them how to cook. Rather than rely on fast food and the ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=39 When it comes to children's Internet safety, most parents are not savvy enough. And it is not because we aren’t hip, hep, cool, phat…choose your jargon…it’s simply that new social web sites seems to appear with the blink of an eye. What can you do to protect your child without infringing ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=38 A comprehensive anti-bullying legislation is, at last, law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is now, however, up to the schools, the parents, and the kids themselves to take all the necessary steps to eliminate bullying from our schools, our streets, and cyberspace. I've written numerous blogs on this topic, beginning ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=37 A few weeks ago I had to prepare a short talk on finding sparks of holiness. As I pondered where those sparks may exist in the ordinary moments of life, I thought about the remarkable young people whose stories I've shared via this blog. It is in the resilience of ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=34 In 2004 after Hurricane Charlie swept through Florida, seven-year-old Zach Bonner went door to door with his little red wagon to collect water, tarps, and other supplies. He collected 27 pick-up truckloads of supplies for those in need. Moved by the generosity of others, Zach founded the Little Red Wagon ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=33 In 2001, KidsTerrain co-founder and president Maggie Moran wrote a book for children about finding one's magic. The Magic In Me offers a simple, yet vital lesson for our children, helping them identify the talents and abilities that represent the magic in each child. Eight years later in his address to ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=31 A couple of nights ago I was awakened at 3:45 a.m. by a torrential rainstorm. After the intense thunder and lightening subsided, and still unable to get back to sleep, I turned on the television and began flipping through the channels. That mindless activity halted when my ears pricked up ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=28 Eleven-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover hung himself after enduring daily taunts at school about being gay. This child's death is one of several middle-school aged child suicides linked to bullying this year. Carl, a junior at New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, MA, who did not identify as gay, would have ... http://www.kidsterrain.com/homeblog/?p=25