Posts Tagged as "children"

Op-Ed: Culture Should Not Be a Barrier in Adoption

Feb. 3, 2016 / By
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"What the experience of my family shows is that familial bonds do not depend on a shared race or culture, and that they can in fact be enriched by ethnic or cultural differences."

Organizers Launch Campaign to Decriminalize Trafficked Minors

Oct. 27, 2015 / By
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Terms like child prostitute, child sex worker or underage prostitute, wrongfully suggest that a minor is capable of consenting to sell sex with an adult.

Should You Or Shouldn’t You? The Vaccination Debate

Mar. 16, 2015 / By
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A recent local measles outbreak involved a student from CSULB, who came back from winter break in January with the measles. The student, who has not been identified, has since recovered but exposed at least 20 other students.

Beneficial or Scary: Weighing the Pros & Cons Of Having Older Parents

Jan. 31, 2014 / By and
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As life expectancy continues to lengthen and people are choosing to become parents at much later times in their lives, we’re seeing more couples successfully raising children to adulthood...

Children Living On The Westside Struggle With Asthma

Jan. 23, 2014 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Jason Farabaugh, Andrew Spencer and Jami Kiyohara
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Long Beach Children’s Clinic

Aug. 1, 2013 / By
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The Long Beach Children’s Clinic mission is “… is guided by our mission ”to provide quality, integrated, innovative health care that will contribute to a healthy community, focusing on those in need and working with patients and the community as partners in their overall well-being.”..

Baseball Brings Smiles to Special Needs Children

Jun. 29, 2013 / By
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Long Beach is a host to a variety of Little League Baseball Teams. But there’s one league that is bringing both youth and their families together for hope...

Jordan High Waits For New Science Building

Feb. 16, 2013 / By
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By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Mitch Atkinson, Audrey La Benz, Grace Orozco, Eddie Perez, Shima Razipour and Daniel Van Hoosier

New America Media’s youth-led VoiceWaves has partnered with the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) to produce content for VoiceWaves.org...

Young and Pregnant in Long Beach: A Resource Guide

Jan. 11, 2013 / By
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Pregnancy can be an exciting, joy-filled time in a young woman’s life. It can also be scary and challenging, especially for first-time, young and low-income mothers...

Getting Childcare Under a Tight Budget

Dec. 8, 2012 / By
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The first five years of a child’s life is when they grow and develop the most...

LA Project, LB Problems: The SCIG Continues

Nov. 10, 2012 / By
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Scores of Long Beach children raised homemade frown-face signs to express their frustration with port officials at a special meeting held by Council Member James Johnson at Silverado Park Wednesday night...

Expert paints bleak air pollution picture to children’s asthma group

Jul. 24, 2012 / By
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By Greg Mellen, Press-Telegram Staff Writer

LONG BEACH – While politicians like to tout improvements in pollution and air quality, that’s not the world that scientists like John Froines see...