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Study Finds Childhood Punishment May Fuel Aggression Later In Life
A discipline method used by families across the world may have consequences that last far beyond the moment a child is punished. Research summarized by the World Health Organization links corporal punishment with increased aggression, behavioural problems and a greater likelihood of using violence later in life. The scale is difficult to ignore. Around 1.2…
Wales Could Make Political Lies A Criminal Offence
Politicians in Wales could soon face a consequence that would make election campaigns look very different: deliberately misleading voters could become a criminal offence. The proposal has already moved into the legislative process, putting Wales on course to attempt something no other country has done before. The idea has attracted support from people who believe…
After Seeing an Advert Asking for Help, This Boy Endured Two Years of Bullying to Grow Hair Out for Children With Cancer
At six years old, Christian McPhilamy saw a television advert featuring children who had lost their hair during cancer treatment. He asked his mother why they had no hair, and before long, the Melbourne, Florida, boy had made a decision that would take two years to complete. He would stop getting haircuts and grow his…
Arkansas Librarians Face Criminal Liability Over Books Available To Children
A library worker shelves a novel. A child checks it out. Months later, someone decides the book was harmful to minors. Under a revived Arkansas law, that scenario could carry criminal consequences, leaving librarians trying to determine where ordinary library service ends and potential liability begins. The uncertainty returned on July 30, when a federal…
UC Berkeley Math Professor Raises Alarm Over Student Preparedness
A UC Berkeley mathematics professor says she is spending valuable calculus teaching time on material some students should have mastered years earlier. Her claim has reignited a fierce debate over what elite universities should expect from incoming students. Zvezdelina Stankova says some students arriving in her calculus classes are five to eight years behind in…
Missing Man’s Face Is Suddenly Appearing On Bags Of Lime Across Mexico
A 26-year-old Mexican man disappeared after boarding public transport in 2022. Four years later, his face is being carried through hardware stores, warehouses and construction sites across Guanajuato, printed on something most people would never expect to become part of a missing-person search: a bag of hydrated lime. The unusual campaign has turned ordinary construction…
12-Year-Old Maya Survived A School Shooting. Her Family Says Her Personality Is Coming Back
For months, Maya Gebala’s family had to search for hope in the smallest changes. A movement from her hand could become a major milestone. A response to a voice beside her hospital bed could mean everything. The 12-year-old had suffered devastating injuries during the February 10 shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia,…
Texas Teacher Breaks Down After Seniors Struggle With Basic Writing Task
A Houston high school teacher was reduced to tears after a classroom exercise left him struggling to understand how some of his senior students had reached the final stretch of high school without being able to complete a basic writing task. Darius Williams, a career and technical education teacher at Wheatley High School, said the…
She Cleaned Yale Hospital For A Decade Then Returned As A Doctor
For 10 years, Shay Taylor-Allen pushed a cleaning cart through Yale New Haven Hospital. She cleaned patient rooms. She emptied trash. She even cleaned the office of the hospital’s chief executive. Now she is coming back to the same building as a doctor. Taylor-Allen, 32, has matched into an anesthesiology residency at Yale New Haven…
Wendy’s Manager Went From Serving Burgers To Earning A Full Scholarship At Yale
A teenager working the drive-thru at Wendy’s probably isn’t the person most people expect to see celebrating an acceptance into Yale University. Yet for Thalles Winner DeSouza, the path from serving burgers in Cape Cod to joining one of the world’s most prestigious Ivy League schools became reality because two employers saw something in him…