Dr. Robert Parry is trying to make surgeries a bit less scary for kids and he’s doing an awesome job. But, to achieve this, he has to put down his scalpel and take up a pen. Namely, when the surgery is done, Dr. Parry draws stunning cartoons on the kids’ […]
Having to stay in the hospital is no fun, particularly when you’re a child. So, it seems that there’s no better way to pass the time than by playing some video games. At least this is the idea behind the new Nintendo Switch gaming stations which are being installed throughout […]
Katie Booser’s third-grade classroom sings a song before taking a test and this song is her own lyrical creation made to encourage confidence and motivation in her students. Booser is a 34-year-old teacher at Franklin Elementary in Santa Barbara in California and she wants to give her students the tools […]
The idea behind the tiny homes the non-profit Pivot from Oklahoma builds is to ensure teens have a roof over their heads once they leave the foster care system. This non-profit advocates for at-risk youth and provides counseling to young people and families to help them create a positive outcome. […]
Playing outdoors is good for the child’s immunity and according to research, the children that had their outdoor play areas transformed from gravel yards into mini forests experienced stronger immunity within a month. The researchers believe this is a result of the child’s development of diverse microbes on the guts […]
As the chief medical correspondent of CNN, Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been covering the pandemic since it began and he recently shared his opinion about the schools’ reopening this autumn. The neurosurgeon who’s 50 spoke about his reasons why he won’t be sending his three pre-teen and teen daughters to […]
According to a small-scale study from 2009, the children with mothers who had morning sickness when they were pregnant with them were found to have sharper wits than their peers. The study published in the Journal of Pediatrics concluded that from the 121 children from Canada, aged 3 and 7, […]
Surgery can be a really scary experience, regardless of our age; however, one hospital is doing something unusual to help lower the fears of their patients in one of the most unique ways. The Doctors Medical Center in Modesto in California bought two mini cars for its youngest patients to […]
Linda Herring from Iowa is a 75-year-old woman who fostered more than 600 kids during a period of almost 50 years. During the fostering, she also ran a home daycare and worked as a night custodian in a high school. She also volunteered as a first responder and raised her […]
Isla Glaser was at home with her younger siblings on the 6th of December when her mother, Haley Glaser, collapsed on the floor and wasn’t responsive. Isla, her 4-year-old daughter, tried to wake her up; however, when she saw that her efforts weren’t paying off, she knew she needed help. […]