Category: Children
Latino youth have higher rates of smoking than Hispanic adults
LatinaLista — January 1 is more than just the first day of a new year. To a lot of people, it’s the start of either recycling old resolutions or making new ones. The two most popular resolutions have historically been losing weight and quitting smoking. In this day and age when smokers are treated like [...]
In Tulsa, Latino Baby Boom Spurs Dual-Language Preschool
By Maureen Kelleher Figueroa Latino Ed Beat I’ve seen a number of stories about changing demographics and the rising numbers of Latino babies in locales all over the United States. Often they are contrasted with declining birth rates for non-Hispanics. But a recent story in the Tulsa World went a constructive step further to show [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Five moms take the fight against childhood poverty global
LatinaLista — With cries from conservatives reaching fever pitch levels that the only way for the government to cut costs is to cut federal programs that help the poor and underserved, evidence is mounting that this is not a smart move. The United States Conference of Mayors released a report documenting that between September 1, [...]
S. Texas shooting accident begs the question of whose rights take precedent — shooters or children?
LatinaLista — Two middle school boys in Edinburg, Texas only wanted to try out for the basketball team. They got cut before they even had a chance to try out — cut down, that is, by gunfire. The boys were wanting to impress the coach when all of a sudden shots rang out. The boys, [...]
Over 20,000 Latino children waiting to be adopted as National Adoption Month winds down
LatinaLista — November is National Adoption Month. As of Sept. 2010, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) report, there were 408,425 children in the foster care system. Latino children comprised over 84,000 who were in the foster care system in 2010; a little over 11,000 were adopted. It’s reported [...]
Children of LGBT immigrant parents face undue challenges because of archaic and discriminatory laws
LatinaLista — It has been shown — through public opinion polls and political debates — that the definition of marriage varies from person to person. Some believe it can only be between a man and a woman. Others are open to same-sex marriages. Regardless of how marriage is defined, the definition of a loving home [...]
Children’s Christmas wish campaign strives to keep immigrant families together
LatinaLista — With Christmas only a few weeks away, children are finalizing their wish lists to give to Santa Claus. Yet for 5.5 million children, there is only one wish they have — that Uncle Sam doesn’t act like the Grinch and take away one or both of their parents for being undocumented. Two recent [...]
Educational researchers find 49 percent of school children surveyed come from low-income families
LatinaLista — This week, the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress’s (NAEP) Nation’s Report Card was released for math and reading. This year’s study of fourth and eighth graders’ math and reading scores didn’t reveal a whole lot, other than the nation can take comfort in knowing that overall our children aren’t doing any worse [...]
Latino parents now have bilingual online toolkit to recognize and help with their children’s learning disabilities
LatinaLista – While all Latino parents want to see their children succeed in school, not all recognize the signs that point to learning disabilities. Even worse, they may not know where to find information that can help them and their children — especially Spanish-speaking parents. This week, the National Center for Learning Disabilities made their website’s [...]
10-year-old’s murder underscores how citizenship status doesn’t make the criminal
LatinaLista — Chances are 10-year-old Jasmen Gonzalez didn’t worry or even know too much about the big national immigration reform debate. The Oklahoma City fourth-grader probably didn’t even understand the concept of “citizenship status.” And why should she? She was a young girl, not unlike any other 10-year-old, who was excited to be coming to [...]
