Tag: kids

As Feeding Our Future trial continues, will hungry kids lose support?

Each week, Allison O’Toole’s time is more limited than the last. As the CEO of Second Harvest Heartland – a massive hunger-relief organization in Minnesota – she is battling a challenge that has only intensified since the pandemic. “We ended last year with 7.5 million food shelf visits and that was 2 million more than […]

Ms. Rachel says she was bullied over fundraising for kids in Gaza

Ms. Rachel’s online videos are usually filled with bright images and upbeat songs to help kids learn their numbers and colors. But on May 16, the pre-school teacher turned YouTube star best known for her “Songs for Littles” series, shared a somber video on Instagram and TikTok saying that she’d been the target of online […]

A major new aviation bill seeks to end passengers being made to pay to sit with their kids, and to improve safety on planes after the Alaska blowout

Joe Biden signed into law the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. It stops airlines charging families to sit together, as well as other pro-consumer initiatives. Safety measures include upping the cockpit voice recorder time, following criticism after January’s blowout. On Thursday, Joe Biden signed an extensive bipartisan bill that hopes to reform aviation. The $105 […]

How Free-Range Kids Became an Answer on Jeopardy!

“Wow!!!!” “Congrats!” “Next step: New York Times crossword puzzle!” I began receiving such texts on Friday, after achieving the modern-day equivalent of immortality: I became a clue on Jeopardy!. The category was “Points of View,” and the clue was this: “Lenore Skenazy, who wrote of letting her 9-year-old right the NYC subway alone, moved this […]

Kansas City Chiefs’ Harrison Butker attacked LGBTQ rights and said women grads were excited about marriage and kids. Here’s what social media said.

People online are reacting after Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave a speech last weekend at a college commencement ceremony in which he spoke about his duty to be “unapologetically Catholic,” and cited abortion, surrogacy, IVF and “a growing support for degenerate cultural values in media.” While the recent Super Bowl champion, a teammate […]