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The 50 books every child should read
Education Secretary Michael Gove says that children aged 11 should be reading 50 books a year to improve literacy standards.

We asked three of Britain's leading children's authors and two of our in-house book experts to each pick 10 books, suitable for Year 7 students.

The authors chose books that have brought them huge joy, while expressing their outrage at the "great big contradiction" of Mr Gove's claim to wish to improve literacy while closing libraries across the country.
books  reading  children  kids  fave  learning 
april 2011 by patrix
Tips, Tricks and Advice for Traveling the World with Kids
Pulling off a great family vacation requires a lot of planning, patience and effort. You get better at all this the more you do it. You stay more focused on what’s important — and less on what’s not. I’ve traveled a lot with my kids — and learned a lot of lessons — these are my top tips for having a great time while traveling with children.
travel  children  kids  tips 
october 2010 by patrix
Poor parents of 'Slumdog millionaire' stars say children were exploited
The child actors’ parents have accused the hit film’s producers of exploiting and underpaying the eight-year-olds, disclosing that both face uncertain futures in one of Mumbai’s most squalid slums.
nefa  india  children  kids  globalization  fordesipundit  slumdogmillionaire 
january 2009 by patrix
10 years of age. Why my girl didn’t want to be President
20 years later she went on to win the Electoral College of my heart in a landslide, and is now the Commander in Chief of my troops.
president  kids  nefa  cute 
november 2008 by patrix
27 Skills Your Child Needs to Know That She’s Not Getting In School
There’s much more to life than those basic subjects, and unless you have an exceptional teacher who is willing to break out of the mold, your child isn’t learning the crucial things he or she needs to learn in life.
education  parenting  kids  learning  children  NEFA 
june 2007 by patrix
Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers
Muslims have it easy compared to them. At least in Saudi Arabia the women are all covered up, so there's nothing to be tempted by. But among this elite corps of evangelicals, the women are breezing around in what one girl I know called "shockingly slutty
sex  religion  unitedstates  christianity  kids  NEFA 
may 2007 by patrix

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