House committee members last week learned of a legislative proposal that would call for an extended prison sentence for felony violent offenders whose victims are younger than six years old and suffer permanent disabling harm. House Bill 30 provides that if an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony offense of violence [...]
NEW YORK — Toy stores, with bright lights, loud sounds and crowded aisles, can be hard to manage for children with autism or other sensory issues. For parents, finding toys that match their kids’ skill sets and will hold their attention can be a process of trial and error. Big toy sellers and specialists are [...]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Because of her cerebral palsy, 4-year-old Scarlett Wilgis has trouble opening her hands and can’t get around without help. Her parents have scoured store shelves and websites looking for toys for her, but have mostly been disappointed. “Finding the toys at Walmart or Target, they’re pretty much non-existent,” said mom Dezaraye [...]
An Ohio State University-led study into a mother’s recovery from drug or alcohol addiction found that recovery time is shortened when her children are involved. Published last week in the current issue of Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, the study of 183 mothers who were seeking outpatient drug or alcohol treatment determined women who were in [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — The country’s addictions epidemic has created a generation of children affected by their parents’ problems, a doctor who works with infants born addicted to heroin told a gathering of experts struggling with the issue Tuesday. The effect includes the physical problems of the addicted newborns and the chaos older children experience as [...]
Christine Shotts, in Springfield, Mo., has eight kids under age 9. She works two part-time jobs and her husband works as a car mechanic, but their incomes don’t stretch nearly far enough. Jilcana Montoya has the same problem. She’s on government assistance in Washington, D.C., living in transitional housing while earning her GED and caring [...]
For someone who may expecting, is a new parent, or parenting a teenager, one local company offers classes and help for those in every stage of parenting. Columbus Birth & Parenting, owned by Catie Mehl and Leah Kayes, is a full-service doula agency located in Worthington that provides labor and postpartum doulas, pregnancy and parenting [...]
CHICAGO — Raising kids costs a lot of money, so when they finally strike out on their own it stands to reason that parents would have more money to spend, save or invest. How they spend that money can have large consequences for their retirement security. A report by Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research [...]