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Socioeconomic factors are becoming 'biologically embedded' in children's brains
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (589+ words) Reading Time: 2 minutes, 29 seconds The most powerful factors affecting a child's brain development involve socioeconomic opportunities, according to a study in the journal Science. The analysis of more than 2, 300 9- and 10-year-olds found that environmental factors ranging from household income to…...
After a teen's death, questions arise about what kids are seeing online
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (129+ words) Wyoming Public Media After a teen's death, questions arise about what kids are seeing online After her 15-year-old son Mason died following a viral online challenge, Joann Bogard began asking how dangerous content reached him in the first place. Now,…...
Why children often face deportation hearings alone
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (53+ words) Wyoming Public Media Why children often face deportation hearings alone Hundreds of thousands of immigrant children across the country have been showing up to deportation hearings alone. In Massachusetts, most of the hearings happen behind closed doors, and it's unclear…...
Gen Z's relationship with gambling and the unique vulnerabilities it faces
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (498+ words) DIANNA DOUGLAS, BYLINE: That was about as easy as finding a male student. Seventy percent of sports gamblers in the U. S. are men. So I stopped a few walking across the campus of Georgetown University. LUCIAN GLEISER: The vast majority of…...
Trainings offer tools for Wyomingites to help support suicide prevention
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (385+ words) Reading Time: 1 minute, 39 seconds Gov. Mark Gordon recently announced a handful of free trainings this month to help Wyomingites learn how to support people who are struggling with suicidal thoughts. The trainings are part of the governor's WY We Care…...
A college student's perspective on using AI in class
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (352+ words) Reading Time: 3 minutes, 29 seconds I don't see our choice as "AI or no AI" any more than past generations could halt the spread of the printing press " that widely decried threat to scholarship. Children born today will never know a…...
Bill to make Wyoming's Indian Child Welfare Act permanent advances
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (609+ words) Reading Time: 2 minutes, 27 seconds Wyoming lawmakers are moving forward with a bill to make the state's version of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) permanent. The state adopted its own iteration a few years ago, when it looked like…...
'I feel like I'll never get out of here': Kids describe life in immigration detention
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (157+ words) Wyoming Public Media 'I feel like I'll never get out of here': Kids describe life in immigration detention The father of Liam Conejo Ramos says his 5-year-old "suffered psychological trauma" after immigration agents took him from Minnesota to a detention…...
Child in Fremont County dies from flu
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (223+ words) The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) this week announced a Fremont County child died from influenza. "The H3 N2 "A" virus has been dominant so far this season," said State Health Officer Dr. Alexia Harrist. "Historically, seasons with high levels of H3 N2 have…...
How childbearing choices have changed across three generations in one family
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1304+ words) Women today are having far fewer children than just a couple of generations ago. One reason - women now have many more opportunities than their grandmothers did. CAROLINE BROWN: I don't really feel like I got strong messages about what my life…...