From: blenderdumbass . org

It is estimated that by 2030 the child-surveillance industry will grow to $500 billion. An industry that capitalizes on bogus fears and causes anxiety in parents and children ( for different reasons ). And an industry that is both directly and indirectly causing the privacy nightmare that we are experiencing. On many levels...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/_500_billion_industry_that_causes_not_only_the_loss_of_freedom_but_also_increases_anxiety

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No worse than the flu?

Yet another reason why it's risky to let covid run wild. Multiple infections with covid can double risk of long covid for kids. This, of course, could have serious implications for their physical and mental health (long covid is associated with depression among other symptoms), as well as their academic success due to absences, insomnia, fatigue, brain fog, etc.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-re-infection-doubles-risk-long-covid-kids-young-adults-data-reveal

Junxion Gymnastics Club set for prestigious international competition in Malta https://www.byteseu.com/899741/ #BreakingNews #Fourways #FourwaysNewsHeadlines #kids #LocalNews #LocalSports #Malta #News #NewsHeadlines #Sport

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The season of playing in the sandbox is opened for all

Today In Labor History April 4, 1968: James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. King was in Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike that had started in February, 1968, for better working conditions and higher pay. The strike began 2 weeks after 2 workers were crushed to death when their truck malfunctioned, intensifying the already high level of frustration and anger over working conditions and safety. King led a protest march on March 28. Over 20,000 kids cut class to join the demonstration. Some members of the march began smashing downtown windows and looting. The cops intervened with mace, tear gas, clubs and live gunfire, killing 16-year-old Larry Paine, who had his hands in the air when he was shot. On April 3, one day before his assassination, King gave his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.

#goodnews #kids #archaeology #inspiring #history #Israel

3-year-old Finds Ancient Egyptian Scarab Seal at the Site of David and Goliath’s Battle

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/3-year-old-finds-ancient-egyptian-scarab-seal-at-the-site-of-david-and-goliaths-battle/

"I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" is a #popular #song with music by #JeromeKern and lyrics by #OscarHammersteinII, published in 1932. The song was introduced in the #musical #MusicInTheAir. The first hit recording of the song was released in 1932 by #JackDenny and His #TheWaldorfAstoriaOrchestra, featuring the vocals of Paul Small. It has since been recorded and sampled by many artists, including #MacMiller on the track "Knock Knock" from his 2010 mixtape #KIDS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgpiGs_4Js

La vidéo du jour?

Une petite chanson enregistrée pour les petit.e.s de Musique et Equilibre : E papä Waiari (trad maori)

https://youtube.com/shorts/sPn3NezzFwI?feature=shared

La chanson entière : https://soundcloud.com/contact-426051556/e-papa-waiari-maori-song

Home #science and #engineering projects that my #kids and I enjoyed https://jan.miksovsky.com/posts/2025/04-02-science-and-engineering-projects.html

Gingerbread rolls in the news.

I never get more frustrated in the kitchen than when I recall from my youth that the U.S. might have adopted the metric system but didn't.

AP: “There’s a lot of real-world learning involved,” Donoso said: math concepts, language skills and self-control. Kids learn by reading and following a step-by-step recipe. It takes concentration and other executive functioning skills. They also learn how to be safe in a kitchen, requiring self-control.
https://apnews.com/article/cooking-with-kids-wellness-2cdb6fb5f3a66d770f5ee21b93ce3662

The tornado sirens started blaring five minutes after my son left for work. We called and told him to keep going since he was closer to work than home by then. Two minutes later he called back because he ran out of gas. We had to go get him. In the middle of a goddamned tornado. (We all survived.) #kids #JustLoveEm

From: @grandrapidsnews
https://mastodon.social/@grandrapidsnews/114264681072971582

Musashino Higashi Gakuen is one of Japan's few schools that are supportive of autistic kids. However, ever since a new chairman took the reins, parents say the environment has become increasingly hostile & unsafe for students, parents & teachers alike.

https://unseen-japan.com/musashino-higashi-gakuen-school-crisis/

#Michigan AG #DanaNessel has joined a coalition of 23 other states to sue the #HHS over its termination of $11B in #PublicHealth grants, including 20 grants in MI totaling $379M.

“The #Trump administration is now terminating millions in grants being used in our state to support #vaccine #clinics for #kids, crisis MentalHealth services, opioid abuse #intervention, & to control #disease spread in healthcare facilities,” said AG Nessel.

#law #healthcare #medicine #science
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2025/04/01/attorney-general-nessel-sues-federal-hhs-sec-kennedy

New dance instructor has all the best moves!

Lost shoes in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow.