The Medium: Childrenâs Crusade
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How does a computer designed for kids in poor countries connect to us?
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Children at International Schools overseas live out the raw material of a literature unique to them and to their experiences.
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âGrowing Up Onlineâ asks an increasingly important question: What does it mean to be part of the first generation coming of age steeped in a virtual world seemingly outside parental control?
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Spotlight hits political activism in virtual world. Naturally, mainstream media wants to know if terrorism is next.Images: In-world griefing attacks
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A doctor, a banker, an engineer and a scientist are working separatelyâand togetherâto bring lifesaving vaccines to children around the world. How inspired individuals can take on and conquer some of the world's biggest problems.
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Every seven years since 1964, the filmmaker Michael Apted has released another installment of "The Up Series." These films document the lives of a diverse group of Britons from the ages of 7 to, most recently, 49. One of the patterns that emerges is a dramatic illustration of the Jesuit motto that inspired the series: âGive me a child until he is 7 and I will give you the man.â You can clearly see how these kidsâ very different personalities were fully formed at age seven.
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NEW DELHI -- Eight-year-old Tejas Vohra is used to spending most of his after-school hours watching "Power Rangers," "Transformers" and "Looney Tunes." But these days, one of his favorite superheroes is a cool cartoon version of Hanuman, the monkey-headed Hindu god.
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Palestinian children spend more of their school day studying Islam. Critical jobs in public education are filled by Islamic stalwarts. A once-banned social studies reader, crammed with hard-line rhetoric, is now in classrooms.
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hopes to gain insight into how virtual worlds are used by young people.
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The tragedy of the tsunami's child victims
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In an effort to educate the nation's neediest children on nutrition, a new project uses the familiar medium of video games to broadcast its message.
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By Susan Lee  AT first I couldn't believe the figures. More than 30 children rescued from an internet porn ring? Right here in Britain?   But hang on, where were the appeals about these kids? The searches?   Then I realised they hadn't vanished at all.
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A provocative public service campaign on childrenâs psychiatric disorders has raised hackles as much as awareness.
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How do children respond to stereotypes about race, religion and gender? A child-development expert looks at contradictions in kids' behavior.
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Talking to youngsters in the language of text could prove an invaluable way of increasing their access to services.
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Lance Knobel: "I'd install FlickrFan in every middle school and high school social studies class. I guarantee it would provoke endless discussion and ensure engagement in the issues of the day." I totally agree. It would be great to see it at checkout lines in supermarkets and on kiosks in BART stations too.
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Kids never had it so good. After decades of neglect, the genre of children's cinema is   increasingly finding favour with the dream merchants of Hindi filmdom.