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Children need tools to protect themselves from bullying

Recent commentaries on bullying help bring to light this important area of concern for children and their parents. Because of bullying and teasing, many children are unnecessarily sad and anxious, resist going to school and have difficulty giving attention in classrooms due to worries as to what will happen on the playground, in hallways, in bathrooms and on the school bus.

Red Mask Children’s Theatre brings Canterbury Tales to life

A non-traditional pilgrimage will take place this weekend on the stage of the Kathryn Randolph Theatre as the Red Mask Children’s Theatre presents “The Canterbury Tales, or … Geoffrey Chaucer’s Flying Circus.”

Teasing about weight can affect pre-teens profoundly, study suggests

Schoolyard taunts of any type can potentially damage a child's sense of self-confidence. But a new study suggests that a particular kind of teasing -- about weight -- can have distinctive and significant effects on how pre-teens perceive their own bodies.

Nevirapine use may be beneficial for some HIV-infected children who have achieved viral suppression

HIV-infected children in South Africa who were exposed to the drug nevirapine at birth (used to help prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission) and then received a protease inhibitor (PI) for viral suppression achieved lower rates of viremia (virus in the blood stream) if they were switched to nevirapine, compared to children who continued on the PI-based regimen, according to a study in the ...

Local Elks bring summer fun to Elks Camp Moore

Haskell The West Milford Elks Lodge 2236 held a cookout on July 27 for the kids and counselors at Elks Camp Moore for special children, located in Haskell, N.J. Volunteers, including 15 Elks members, served up hundreds of hot dogs and hamburgers, watermelon, macaroni and potato salads, and drinks for the kids who attended the camp. One of those attendees was Devon Coyte, known to his Elks ...