News
All the information that I place on the Alliance website is there to make it available for advocates of children’s wellbeing, so they are easily able to access any information they may need. If you use this service, it would be helpful if you acknowledged the Alliance for Childhood website as your source. We would also welcome any additional information, news items or research. This is the news that came in during the last 6 months. Any older items are in the archive.
Christopher Clouder
Regular bedtime improves child development
Monday 14. of June 2010By: Nursing times
Children with a regular bedtime perform better in a range of developmental measures, US research has found.
A Place for Play
Sunday 13. of June 2010By: Lisa Guernsey
Why reading programs must combine playful learning with direct instruction
Right to Education Bill 2009 - What's in it for me?
Sunday 04. of April 2010By: Children's Rights and You
What Indians can expect from the Right to Education Bill
Bowing to corporate America, Judge Baker center loses face
Saturday 13. of March 2010By: Globe Editorial
FOR THE last 10 years, activists working out of the Judge Baker Children’s Center in Boston have done yeoman work protecting children from Big Business’ attempts to turn them into consumers of junk food, junk toys, and junk...
Fallujah doctors report rise in birth defects
Wednesday 03. of March 2010By: John Simpson
Doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are reporting a high level of birth defects, with some blaming weapons used by the US after the Iraq invasion.
After Victory Over Disney, Group Loses Its Lease
Wednesday 03. of March 2010By: Tama Lewin
For a few days last fall, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood celebrated a big victory: the tiny advocacy group had successfully pushed the Walt Disney Company to offer full refunds to everyone who had bought the...
Kids' heavy use of technology undermines learning
Tuesday 02. of February 2010By: Mike Zwaagstra
BlackBerrys, iPods, texting, high-definition TV, Kindle book readers and MP3 players. All of these were virtually unheard of just a few short years ago and now they are commonplace. It shows just how quickly technology changes...