Children & Youth Studies BMCC

During these challenging times, it is hard not to despair. All our efforts to protect and serve children and youth feel inadequate against an avalanche. It could help to remember that there are many organizations out there that try to keep children & youth safe. childusa.org Let's support them!

May he be a role model against all who think the shooters are the heroes 🙏

Hanukkah Songs from Israel | My Jewish Learning Hanukkah songs from the Jewish State. By Gail Diamond

There are more in Hebrew! www.myjewishlearning.com/article/hanu...

Why Mediterranean Teenagers Are More Independent Than 30-Year-Old Americans Why Mediterranean Teenagers Are More Independent Than 30-Year-Old Americans

It's not the kids' fault; it's ours (as always)

Students Are Sharing Pics Of Teachers Leaning Over And Sitting In The Weirdest Positions In Class (21 Tweets) There’s something that a lot of teachers tend to do—they lean against desks in very bizarre and seemingly uncomfortable ways. Funny

Maybe don't do that? 😂

We are always looking for internship opportunities for our wonderful, skilled, and caring Children & Youth Studies majors. If you have an opening, let me know! www.bmcc.cuny.edu/academics/de...

Supreme Court suspends NE Ohio judge but dismisses charges related to public comments A Republican former lawmaker who’s now a juvenile judge has been suspended for a court action, but the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed charges over his public comments.

Teens jailed for refusing to meet their father...

CM Sindh vows to protect rights of children On child protection, CM Murad says the provincial government treats child abuse cases with utmost seriousness.

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Over 250 children still missing in Nigeria after being abducted from Catholic school More than 250 children are still being held by kidnappers in central Nigeria after they were abducted Friday from a Catholic boarding school.

Ongoing, devastating, and often ignored tragedies

There’s a link between childhood stress and later chronic disease | Flipboard futurity.org - New research has found a strong link between higher stress in children and adverse health conditions for them later in life. In an article in the …

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12 Books for Kids That Celebrate Neurodivergent Brains | Flipboard Parents - As a neurodivergent parent of a neurodivergent child, I am always on the lookout for age appropriate books that feature characters who learn, …

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Sudan is the world’s gravest humanitarian disaster – but almost nobody cares | Jonathan Freedland The war is killing tens of thousands, but not getting the attention it deserves. The reasons why are as complex as the conflict itself, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Sudan is the world’s gravest humanitarian disaster – but almost nobody cares flip.it/G.YM5c half a million children died of starvation at 700k are in grave danger.

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As more and more Epstein details are revealed, it is important to keep in mind that they were children, not women

Decisive Liberty (@decisiveliberty) Dance like no one is watching…

You’re welcome

The visceral rage elicited by RFK's hearing The party of "pro life" will put children in caskets

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Florida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates

These people are going to kill kids, and they held a press conference to announce it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

This is not true. Please don’t spread misinformation. Thank you.

Call for Papers 2026 ChLA’s Global Committee seeks paper proposals that explore what it means to be a neighbor—helpful, harmful or otherwise—or to create, maintain, inhabit, or leave a neighborhood, particularly in a glob...

The Global Committee invites you to submit proposals to our guaranteed panel for the 2026 ChLA Conference. Due by September 30, 2025, 11:59 p.m. EST.
Scholarships & travel grants available! 📝🌍
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It's simple: "The good-enough mother ... starts off with an almost complete adaptation to her infant’s needs, and as time proceeds she adapts less and less completely, gradually, according to the infant’s growing ability to deal with her failure." DW Winnicott.

Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says The Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 Guatemalan children who crossed into the U.S. without their parents. That’s according to a letter that Sen.

apnews.com/article/immi... administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says

Right. Hamas really should stop stealing 90% of the aid and selling it back to these starving people.

Analysis | ‘Sammy’s Law’ would help parents monitor kids online. It’s gaining steam. The parents of a teen fentanyl poisoning victim are finding allies in Congress for a bill intended to save others from the same fate.

"If we want to protect children, we should be fighting for privacy laws, protecting encryption, and learning from Bluesky's model, where they allow third party algorithmic feeds and moderation tools."

Under a new Florida law, HB 1105…students with disabilities will no longer be able to get a certificate of completion …starting this year. Students with severe disabilities who can’t earn a standard high school diploma, will leave school without any formal recognition upon graduation.

Presenting BMCC CYS Scholar Samantha Kelly, 2025 recipient of the Honors award for Academic Excellence in Children and Youth Studies at BMCC! lnkd.in/eWgRYyJe

Playing Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Study Discovers Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the narrative that gaming is bad for young minds.

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There is a special place in hell for these child abusers

Vans full of handcuffed kids. Just arrived.
Los Angeles, Ca
Federal Building
Tonight, 7/12