Kids At Risk

Today on The Morning Zone, our Kids At Risk series at 7:07AM explores a new survey released last week that shows sexual harassment is pervasive in schools grades 7-12 in this country today.

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More than one in four children in the United States has been exposed to physical violence between their parents at home at some time in their lives, and one in nine has been exposed to this type of violence within the past year. 

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Friday is 'Kids-At-Risk' Day on The Morning Zone. These series of programs focus on the issues that put our children and families at risk in our community, our state and our country.At 7:07AM MDT, child advocate attorney John Frentheway and Licensed Professional Councilor, Renee Hansen weigh in on the on-going discussion of the need for Wyoming to come into compliance with Federal regulations as to how juveniles are adjudicated in the justice system. This is part 2 in this series on

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Join us in The Morning Zone starting at 7:07AM MDT as DAVID SWANSON guests,
Swanson is one of the organizers of the anti-war and corporate power protests in D.C. now in Freedom Plaza. Today's protests include

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When youths act up, a new report says, incarcerating them up is the wrong thing to do in most cases - and yet Wyoming locks them up at the highest rate in the nation.

The report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides evidence - based on decades of research along with new data - that putting youths behind bars doesn't keep them from committing crimes later

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At 7:07AM MDT, our 'Kids-At-Risk' panel explores a recent article in Health Day that says, "From hide-and-seek to tearing around the neighborhood with friends, playing is one of the hallmarks of childhood. But in this era of hyper-vigilant parenting, researchers find that children in the United States have far less time to play than kids of 50 years ago, a trend that may have serious consequences for their development and mental health."

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Catch our Kids-At-Risk Series today in The Morning Zone. At 7:07, John Frentheway, Renee Hansen and Gary Freeman join us to discuss dangerous new guidelines being developed here in the U.S. Children who are merely shy or sad are at risk of being diagnosed with mental disorders and given powerful drugs

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Join us in The Morning Zone today at 9:07AM MDT, as State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Cindy Hill guests.  We will get an update from her on the search for a P.A.W.S. testing contractor, and we'll get her in depth comments on the origress of schools around the state in establishing effective bullying policies

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A new study out shows that kids who have trouble resisting temptation are more likely than patient preschoolers to grow into adults who lack self-control, a new study suggests.

"What we're seeing is that there are some individuals who consistently presented as high or low delayers," lead study author B.J. Casey, a cognitive neuroscientis

A new study out shows that U.S. teens who use social networking sites and watch "suggestive" TV shows are more likely to use drugs and alcohol than teens with little exposure to such media, a new survey found

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