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Jul 5 2012

First 5 California provides tips on infant education

Kids start learning from the moment they’re born. In fact, 90 percent of their brain develops in the first five years.

When parents read, sing and talk to their child, the child’s brain is filled with words, sounds, and emotions that help make the brain cells grow stronger. This will have a lifelong effect on his ability to learn language and communicate with others.

Reading is an enriching shared activity you can continue for years to come.
Get inspired with these tips from First 5 California:

May 31 2012

They eat voraciously one day and practically nothing the next

Dealing with a picky eater can be a frustrating and worrisome experience for parents of young children, with battle lines clearly drawn on both sides of the dinner plate. Parents may find their child voraciously eats a certain food one day, only to reject practically everything the next. But with patience and some creative thinking, parents can minimize power struggles and ensure their picky eater gets the nutrition he needs to grow up healthy and strong.

Start by following these tips from First 5 California:

Apr 8 2010

Inspire kids to achieve Presidential greatness

The historic election of President Barack Obama resurrected the belief that Americans and our nation’s children in particular, can achieve any goal.
President Obama successfully campaigned on a platform of hope, change and a better future for our country, which coincides with the First 5 California mission for California’s youngest residents, children 0 to 5 years old.

Feb 19 2009

Inspire kids to achieve Presidential greatness

 The historic election of President Barack Obama resurrected the belief that Americans and our nation’s children in particular, can achieve any goal.

President Obama successfully campaigned on a platform of hope, change and a better future for our country, which coincides with the First 5 California mission for California’s youngest residents, children 0 to 5 years old.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson  |   OW Contributing Columnist
Feb 19 2009

California’s poor children can only dream of Octuplets’ care

 Nadya Suleman is lucky. The health care and treatment of her octuplets will be paid for almost exclusively through state programs. That is through a mix of disability, welfare payments, and Medi-Cal. That’s just the start. She’s even put up a Web site soliciting private donations for the kid’s care. If her luck holds she may get a fat payoff from a TV reality show or book deal. No such luck for California’s nearly 1 million uninsured children. There‘s no multi-million dollar TV reality show or book deal bailout on tap to pay for their health care.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.