The University of Arkansas School of Law's International Law Society will screen the Invisible Children documentary Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the E. J. Ball Courtroom. (United States)

South Austin preschool doesn't make children learn their ABCs.  Unstructured approach helps kids deal with aggression, parents say. (United States)

Web Security. Parents have many options to keep their children out of harm's way online. The Web can literally bring the world to youngsters, including the dark underworlds of sexual predators, hard-core pornographers, and people advocating unsafe practices, such as drug abuse, eating disorders and self-mutilation.  (United States)

MySpace Partners with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to Provide Amber Alerts. MySpace.com and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), announced today a partnership to distribute localized online AMBER Alerts via MySpace. (United States)

The Enhancement of Basic Schools Project is to conduct a survey next month of all early childhood institutions across the island. "The purpose of this evaluation is to establish existing conditions in the institutions in relation to the requirements under the (Early Childhood) Act and the regulations," Freda Thomas, activity officer for the Enhancement of Basic Schools Project, told The Gleaner yesterday. (Jamaica)

Jamaica tops in treating HIV+ pregnant women - UN study. Jamaica has been named among an elite group of seven nations which provided treatment, known as antiviral prophylaxis, to more than 40 per cent of HIV-infected pregnant women in 2005, according to a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report published yesterday. (Jamaica)

Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hensley Daniel has issued a call for young people in Nevis to equip themselves for careers in the health care profession and said that it would allow them to respond to the challenges facing the critical care needs of the island. (St Kitts & Newis)

Some medical experts say that 1 in 166 children in the United States will be diagnosed with autism this year. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have classified autism—a complex brain disorder that inhibits an individual's ability to communicate, form relationships and interact with people—as the fastest-growing developmental disability in the nation. (United States)

On any given day in juvenile court in Victoria Gardens and other courts in New Providence, large numbers of teenagers are appearing before magistrates on charges varying from minor matters such as insubordination to their parents and criminal offenses such as housebreaking and assault. (Bahamas)

Having a healthy smile starts with a child's first tooth. February is National Children's Dental Health Month – a good time to make sure children have regular check-ups and are brushing two to three times a day. (United States)

Labor Department: Maternity Leave the Responsibility of Families, Not Government. For millions of working moms, those first weeks after giving birth are a time away from work to recover and bond with their new baby.  But increasingly the question is: Who pays for that time off work?  (United States)

President Bush said yesterday that childhood obesity is a costly problem for the country and puts stress on American families. (United States)

The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee champion for the parish of Westmoreland, 11-year-old Tiffany Robinson, is nervous but confident at the prospects of participating in the national competition on February 6 and 7. (Jamaica)