Topic: school

Schoolchildren Use Their Precious Snow Day To Make Angels For Classmate With Leukemia

Kids can be sometimes be surprising in how considerate they are. Children often get credit for being innocent and nonjudgmental and funsies and yadda yadda, but it’s rare that people recognize just how sensitive kids can be towards the happiness and wellbeing of others. More »

Schools Would Rather Fat-Shame Kids Than Solve Roots Of Childhood Obesity

The American Medical Association thinks they have the answer on how to solve childhood obesity: Simply tell kids not to get fat. They want to provide mandatory classroom instruction about obesity, but making kids sit through another boring lecture won’t solve anything. Here’s why. More »

More Ridiculous Controversy: School Won’t Let Boy Wear Breast Cancer Bracelet

Here we go again. More pissed-off parents, more uptight schools and more frivolous lawsuits. No, not a girl wanting to wear a sexy outfit for her yearbook or students wanting to wear yoga pants to school. This time, an eight-grade boy was wearing a bracelet to school which read, “I love boobies!”. The school told him to remove it, the boy refused, the parents are now suing. More »

Drew Barrymore Fights Hunger: Daily Do-Gooder

Drew Barrymore is the new Global Ambassador Against Hunger for the World Food Programme. She’s reminding everyone that for just a few pennies a day, you could make sure a child has enough food to go to school, and make … More »