"songs-for-children-and-teens" Articles & Blogs:
Microfinance Could Be Hazardous For Teens
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UNITED NATIONS, New York (WOMENSENEWS)-- Microfinance might be a panacea for women's poverty, as many claim, but concern is growing in the nongovernmental community about such loans to teens. Several in the field warn that microfinance loans to teen girls...[Read on] |
Donate your car to the Songs of Love Car donation program
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The Songs of Love Foundation
is a national nonprofit organization that creates uplifting,
personalized songs for children and teens struggling with a
life-threatening illness or lifetime disability -- free of charge. Each
CD is professionally produced wi...[Read on] |
Bad-ass high school students get misogynist songs banned from prom
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Love this.
Twenty songs that refer to women as "hos" and other derogatory names won't be played at the Arcadia High prom Saturday night.
That's because senior Madeline Conrique and fellow members of the Women's Health and Issues Club brokered a deal wit...[Read on] |
Bad-ass high school students get misogynist songs banned from prom
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Love this.
Twenty songs that refer to women as "hos" and other derogatory names won't be played at the Arcadia High prom Saturday night.
That's because senior Madeline Conrique and fellow members of the Women's Health and Issues Club brokered a deal wit...[Read on] |
Got Milk? Shawn Johnson does
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Gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is the latest milk-drinking celeb to don the famous Milk Mustache to inspire teens to ‘Drink Milk for a Change.’
Shawn joins the ranks of more than 290 other athletes, actors, models and musicians who have lent thei...[Read on] |
Teen pregnancy rate increases after decade-long decline
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Thanks abstinence only education!
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute shows that the teen pregnancy rate has risen for the first time in more than a decade. And guess who's to blame...
These new data from the Guttmacher Institute are especially...[Read on] |
Phones, Text, and Music: Distractions For Teen Drivers
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While drinking and driving is a dangerous behavior unto itself, many teens are introducing other distractions into the mix when they are behind the wheel. More than one-in-three teens say they often change songs on their MP3 players, speed or text; while...[Read on] |
Bristol Palin: Teen Pregnancy Warning Sign?
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I love Cristina Page and think she’s brilliant — her book How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America is a must-read — but I’m not sure she gets in right in this article about how Bristol and Levi could be the teen pregnancy spokespe...[Read on] |
Geena Davis goes to the UN
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Geena Davis seems to be one of the only women in Hollywood consistently speaking out on the issues of women and girls.
Yesterday, she was at the UN talking about the media and its effects on girls.
The money quote:
If we have such devaluing and disem...[Read on] |
Salt-N-Pepa Kick Off Legends of Hip-Hop Tour
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Grammy Award Winning and legendary hip-hop icons Salt-N-Pepa are kicking off a 20-city Legends of Hip-Hop Tour! As the first ever female rap crew, Salt-N-Pepa, broke barriers and opened doors wide open that were once closed to women in hip-hop. They gave ...[Read on] |
The 30 Most Ridiculous Character Names on All My Children and One Life to Live
| Today ABC announced that soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live will conclude in September and January, respectively. We don’t watch either of those shows, but if we had to guess, we’d say both will end with some sort of scandalous big revea...[Read on] |
October 18-24 is National Teen Driving Safety Week!
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Take one glimpse at teen driving statistics and it's clear: the real culprit facing today's teens behind the wheel is distracted driving. Regardless of whether it's a cell phone, iPod, or BlackBerry, in the last 10 years teens have become more connected ...[Read on] |
Children Targeted as Witches in the Congo
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BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo (WOMENSENEWS)--Chance Chubaka's family lives in Chimbunda, a suburb of this bustling, impoverished town on the south shores of Lake Kivu. But by the time Chance was 9 years old, she no longer shared their home.
&q...[Read on] |
How cell phone companies can save women’s professional sports
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So I’ve been brainstorming for the past 24 hours about ways women’s professional sports can generate popularity (see yesterday’s posts for details about my call with @WNBA).
One of my ideas (which came out of that brainstorm) is that cell phone com...[Read on] |
Ford shares tips for safer proms, calmer Moms (and Dads)
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Prom season is upon us! The 17-year-old son of one our staffers will be attending his first prom this weekend, and because he is a new driver, his mom is a little worried about his driving safety on prom night. Prom is a big night for teenagers, filled w...[Read on] |
Cool Chick to Watch: Anais Mitchell
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Anais Mitchell is not new to the music scene, and although she may not be topping the charts in quite the same way as Lady GaGa, she’s definitely been making her mark. Signed to Ani Difranco’s label, Righteous Babe Records, this sweet-voiced songstres...[Read on] |
Right-wing shock jocks: Now attacking children
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This is reprehensible (trigger warning). I’m not going to quote from the piece because it’s really sickening, but the gist is this: Right-wing radio jocks in Sacramento attacked transgender kids, calling them horrible names and basically enco...[Read on] |
iTunes gets rights to sell digital Beatles music
| At long last, Beatles fans everywhere are smiling. Apple's iTunes store will start carrying music by the Fab Four in a move that will fill a glaring gap in the collection of the world's largest music retailer. The deal with iTunes was delayed in part by o...[Read on] |
Purevolume: Unsigned bands you should be tuning into
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As college students, we all know that we could use a distraction every once in a while. One of my favorite websites for that much needed distraction is Purevolume. It is a website dedicated to getting the word out about bands that you’ve probably never ...[Read on] |
Paid Sick Days are Good for Moms And Kids
| The Connecticut Paid Sick Days proposal has been a controversial and highly discussed proposal. It truly is a difficult time to place additional burdens on our business community, and the proponents of the legislation have worked very hard to address mo...[Read on] |
Fresh Air Fund looking for runners for NYC Marathon
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The Fresh Air Fund is looking for runners and sponsors to join our Fresh Air Fund-Racers team for the NYC Marathon on November 7th. This is a great way to participate in NYC’s premier race while helping Fresh Air Fund children.
Over the past four yea...[Read on] |
Pity Contest: Kate Gosselin Visits Sarah Palin’s Alaska
| A forthcoming episode of Sarah Palin’s Alaska features a cameo by fellow TLC employee Kate Gosselin, star of Kate Gosselin’s Southeastern Pennsylvania. Gosselin transports her eight children to Palin’s home in Wasilla, Alaska, for a bi-family campin...[Read on] |
Remembering Elizabeth Edwards, Power Mom
| Elizabeth Edwards with her daughter Cate at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston. By Elise Amendola/File/AP Photo. I will remember Elizabeth Edwards first and always as a mom. I think that’s the role she cherished most among the breathtak...[Read on] |
The newest Beauty & the Beast is “Beastly”
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Pretty Smart: One of our fave characters is Belle.
Now comes word their will be a live-action, modern retelling of the children’s classic “Beauty and the Beast” told from the Beast’s point of view.
CBS Films has signed actress/singer Vanessa Hud...[Read on] |
Buckle up for Memorial Day and be Seat Belt Safe!
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by Daytona DaytonIt
was very early that morning when I rushed out of the house into the car
with my three teens trailing right behind me. We needed to get
to school early as my graduating senior had to present his Senior
project and needed to unload th...[Read on] |
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