VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Three young children were hospitalized early Wednesday in critical but stable condition after being trapped in their Southeast Washington condominium during a kitchen fire, authorities said. Details were sketchy, but officials and witnesses said the youngsters — an infant girl, a 2-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy — were left alone […]
(Boston, MA) — Single moms find life a little easier and the economic well-being of their children is helped when grandma moves in. Researchers at the University of Southern California and University of Massachusetts, Boston combined their efforts. They found children living in single-mother families that also include a grandparent are much less likely to […]
(Medford, MA) — Young people who focus all of their extracurricular activities on sports are putting themselves at risk. Researchers at Tufts University have found adolescent boys and girls who don’t get involved in activities other than sports tend to have the lowest test scores in competence, confidence, character, connection and caring. They have the […]
