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Giving ADHD Drugs to Kids Has a Long-Term Side Effect That Might Change Their Minds About Taking It

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Beginning in 1994, researchers across the country began tracking outcomes of children who were seven to ten years old at the start of the study. After 36 months, the researchers realized something odd: that the children whohad been given the popular stimulant seemed to be growing more slowly than their non-medicated counterparts.

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10 Fresh Childhood Cancer Fundraising Ideas | FrontStream

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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and a great time to raise awareness and funds for treatment against the leading disease-related killer of children in the US.

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1 in 4 children globally live in severe food poverty due to ongoing crises, UNICEF reports

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UNICEF released the Child Food Poverty: Addressing nutrition deprivation in early childhood report, which found that 1 in 4 children under the age of 5 are experiencing severe child food poverty. The effects of this make these children 50% more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs that Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Jude’s Children’s Hospital: Get into the holiday spirit with ornaments, decorations and other gifts that inspire hope and help fight childhood cancer. 100% of profits after related expenses benefit the children at St. Save the Children Gift Shop: Give the gift that gives twice. View Gifts. View Gifts.

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AllRight, an English language learning app for children, raises $5M from Genesis Investments

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AllRight is a platform for English language learning, aimed at children four years or older, which combines lessons with real teachers and homework with “AI-powered” tutors. billion English language learners globally and the number of children among them reached 500 million in 2020. There are approximately 1.5

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There's Something Horrifying in Your Toothpaste

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But most distressing is the over two dozen brands explicitly marketed for children that were implicated by the findings: Colgate Watermelon Burst, a "Paw Patrol" branded Orajel Kids Anticavity toothpaste, and Tom's of Maine Kid's Natural toothpaste. There're even stricter limits for children, the Guardian notes.

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Here’s How Philanthropy Will Fix Declining Empathy

The NonProfit Times

This will be about laying a foundation, beginning in childhood, that makes giving as instinctual as it is rewarding. Highlighting the journeys of supporters who began as children and evolved into adult champions will demonstrate that philanthropy is not a one-off transaction, but an ongoing, enriching part of life.