Posts Tagged ‘Children’

The Tiger Mom in (scientific) perspective

The Tiger Mom in (scientific) perspective
It seems that I can’t get Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom excerpt in last week’s Wall Street Journal off my mind.  Fellow Psychology Today blogger, Nancy Darling, described Chua’s piece as “ flinch worthy “.  I couldn’t agree more. I flinched many...
January 23rd, 2011 | Education | Read More

Does focusing on individual change distract from fighting structural racism?

Does focusing on individual change distract from fighting structural racism?
I’m horribly late to the whole “No Wedding No Womb” thing, but I figured it’s about time to give it a few words.  If you’ve missed it, “No Wedding No Womb” (#NWNW on Twitter) is essentially a “don’t have kids out of wedlock” movement started...
October 27th, 2010 | African Americans, Racial Equity, Talk About Race, Women | Read More

Three in a million – Voices from the Haitian Camps

Three in a million – Voices from the Haitian Camps
The United Nations reported there are 1.2 million people living in “spontaneous settlements” or homeless camps around Port au Prince. Three people living in the camps spoke with this author this week, before the hard rains hit. Jean Dora, 71 My name is Jean Dora. I was born in 1939....
February 19th, 2010 | Featured, Haiti | Read More

God complex: Indian victimhood and the liberals who love it part 1

God complex: Indian victimhood and the liberals who love it part 1
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” The Statue Of Liberty. And Native Americans. My dude, Nish Chad, brought up an interesting theory to me. Bringing up interesting thoughts to me is not unusual, mind you, since...
February 3rd, 2010 | Featured | Read More

Ten Baptist workers arrested for child trafficking in Haiti

Ten Baptist workers arrested for child trafficking in Haiti
The group of Americans who were arrested for "abduction" in Haiti. AP photo PORT-AU-PRINCE – Jan 31, 2010 - Ten Baptist church workers will appear in a Haitian court tomorrow  for attempting to transport illegally 33 Haitian children by bus in an attempt to save children, the workers...
January 31st, 2010 | Featured, Haiti | Read More

Between the lines: kids of color; mental health care

Between the lines: kids of color; mental health care
This weekend the New York Times reported on a new study which finds that kids on Medicaid are four times more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic drugs than their privately insured counterparts, and often for conditions for which the drugs are not FDA approved such as A.D.H.D. and conduct disorders....
December 14th, 2009 | Health, Racial Equity | Read More

Where Pollution Goes Health Problems Follow

Where Pollution Goes Health Problems Follow
By Leticia Miranda, RaceWire This recent story in the Contra Costa Times, aptly titled “In East Bay, Where Pollution Goes, Health Problems Follow,” couldn’t be any more relevant. As the Copenhagen Conference continues, two local Bay Area writers follow the story of 10 year-old John Fitzpatrick...
December 14th, 2009 | Health, Racial Equity | Read More