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Head Start Programs Shutter Due To Stalled Funding, Next Year Could Be Worse
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by on April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

Head Start Programs Shutter Due To Stalled Funding, Next Year Could Be Worse

FatCamera/E+/Getty Images Trump’s first 100 days of his second term have been marked in large part by huge, sweeping budget cuts to federal programs. Associated Press (AP) reports such funding to Head Start programs across the country have lagged by nearly a billion dollars compared to this time last year. Administrative offices for the 60-year-old...

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The CDC Says Autism Rates Reflect Better Diagnoses, RFK Disagrees
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by on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

The CDC Says Autism Rates Reflect Better Diagnoses, RFK Disagrees

Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images News/Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images On April 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its findings on the prevalence of autism in the US in children between the ages of 4 and 8. Data was drawn from a monitoring network of 16 sites throughout the US...

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Study: Children Exposed To Brain-Harming Chemicals From Mattresses
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by on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

Study: Children Exposed To Brain-Harming Chemicals From Mattresses

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Photodisc/Getty Images Babies’ and children’s mattresses and bedding release toxic chemicals and flame retardants linked to developmental and hormonal disorders, according to two new studies. “We measured chemicals in the air of 25 children’s bedrooms between the ages of 6 months and 4 years and found worrisome levels of more than...

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Mom Praised For Not Putting Shorts Under Her Daughter's Dress
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by on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

Mom Praised For Not Putting Shorts Under Her Daughter's Dress

Malcolm MacGregor/Moment/Getty Images My daughter loves wearing dresses. The twirlier the better, she says. We probably have enough dresses that she could wear a different one every day of the year and never repeat. They’re comfy and cute, so my husband and I never protest her desire to wear a dress. That being said, we...

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