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The mental health issue keeps on being discussed and debated, and I've seen one article that relates mental health problems with poverty, and goes on to say why. And there is one other aspect of the article that I like: insisting that parents take a stand on child-rearing despite the odd facts of life. I can't repost the article here due to copyright issues, so if you are getting interested, click below for the article: Behavioral, mental health problems play big role in other childhood issues Related articles Mental Health on Abortion and Childbearing (beinghealthyhomeandaway.blogspot.com) Some news for Translucid and for Bob (translucid.ca) Three in 10 Britons suffer sleep problems which could cause mental health problems (mirror.co.uk) Better Mental Health Care Won't End Murder, But It Will Save Lives [Aftermath] (jezebel.com) You: Nick Clegg to unveil £400m plan to help "cure" mental health patients - Mirror.co.uk (news.google.com) Mental ...

By Dr James Dobson It has always been interesting for me to observe the “herd” instinct in teenagers around the world. There’s just a remarkable sameness to their culture today, no matter where you go. In Australia , Russia , Latin America, and the United States , adolescents tend to dress in similar ways and hold common attitudes. And why not? They’re watching the same movies and television shows and listening to the same music. The next generation is just being homogenised by this electronic revolution and sometimes the “urge to merge” becomes humorous. Perhaps you have read the story of a teen choir performing in Miami . In the middle of the Battle Hymn of the Republic , one young woman in the front row passed out. Well, that planted the idea of fainting in 32 other impressionable heads. Minutes later, a boy buckled and disappeared from the back row. And then a girl in the middle took a dive. By the end of the song, 20 kids lay flat on the ground. Conformity is one of t...

Image via Wikipedia ------------------- THIS year marks the 40th anniversary of James Cook University (JCU), an Australian institution ranked among the top 5 per cent of international universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Higher Education . Established in 1970 in Queensland , Australia, JCU set up its Singapore campus in 2003. According to Professor Sandra Harding , vice chancellor and president of JCU, Singapore was a natural choice for the university, given the latter's focus on the tropics. "JCU is committed to working on issues associated with the tropical world, such as issues of ecology, conservation, health and disease, earth and environmental science , and indigenous people and cultures. Being advanced economies in the tropics, both Singapore and Australia have important leadership roles to play in these issues." Hence, JCU is able to differentiate itself from other Australian degree providers in Singapore by offering a full...

US CHILD WELFARE PARIS - America has some of the industrialised world's worst rates of infant mortality , teenage pregnancy and child poverty, even though it spends more per child than better-performing countries such as Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, a new survey indicates. In light of this, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a Paris-based watchdog of industrialised nations, has urged the United States to shift more of its public spending to its youngest children, under the age of six, to improve their health and educational performance. The report released on Tuesday, Doing Better for Children, marks the first time the OECD has reported on child well-being within its 30 member countries. The US spends an average of US$140,000 ($202,000) per child, well over the OECD average of $125,000. But this spending is skewed heavily toward older children between 12 and 17, the OECD survey showed. US spending on children under six, a period the OEC...