Salem-News.com Youth articles

Father and Mother are Ultimately Responsible for the Education of their Children

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children."

(MADRID) - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 26 solemnly the right of parents to educate their own children.

There is a close relationship between procreation and education, to the point that education is considered an extension or complement to generation.

Children`s Education and Professional Development

"The wonderful thing about childhood is that anything in it is wonderful," - Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

(MADRID) - For about half of the women between 30 and 44 years, having a child has significantly altered their lives, forcing a reduction in working hours, or a temporary or permanent cessation of work.

The existence of children alone does not explain the difficulty of reconciling work and family.

Music Video Tribute for Palestine and Ziyad Yaghi

A story of growth with two former students of mine, Bader Apoelar and Ahmed Abdel Khaliqm...

(EAST JERUSALEM, Occupied Palestine) - Today's youth is a beautiful and energetic resource which can be prepared toward creating a better future.

I personally enjoy shaping the minds of this resource throughout my career, to prepare them not only for success, but to also bear and struggle with the unfortunate burdens we adults fail to resolve today.

Afghan `Buzkashi Boys` Makes It To Hollywood

Donations allowed the Afghan actors to attend the Academy Awards.

(LOS ANGELES) - An Internet campaign paid for Afghan actors Fawad Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz to visit the Oscars.

The teenage stars of the Oscar-nominated short film "Buzkashi Boys" are here to attend the 85th annual Academy Awards.

Examining the Generation Gap: Differences Needn`t Create Conflict

"Diversity should never to taken for perversity--it isn't."

(SALEM) - As a longtime gerontologist, I've worked hard to try to narrow the Generation Gap that often creates unneeded conflict between Youth and Elders.

When it comes to family members, the diversity is a bit different.

Mom Hopes Service Dog Will Help Son Battle Seizures

A service dog will help to let his parents know when he starts having the silent seizures and also let them know when he has breakthroughs so that they can make sure he is safe.

(PRINEVILLE, OR) - Stryder Doescher is an adorable 5-year-old boy.

He has an outstanding resilience and amazing attitude that has pulled him through his heroic battle with epilepsy and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (a connective tissue disorder).

Hadiya Pendleton, Chicago Honor Student, (In Memorial) R.I.P.

"She was an amazing person -- always positive," - classmate Bria Carter

(CLEVELAND) - She participated in the inaugural festivities in Washington, D.C., 15 years old, King College Prep Marching Band, she would see, President Barrack Obama & history in the making for a 2nd time, Back home in Chicago, dismissed from school early, all was fine.

Finished with her exams, huddled under a canopy, avoiding rain, A local park, 2:30 P.M. with a dozen others, then the shots came, As a lone gunman jumped a fence then opened fire in the crowd, And like the aftermath at Sandy Hook, parents weeping out loud.

President Obama Says He`s Praying for Hadiya Pendleton, but Is that All He`s Going to Do?

The area in which the girl was shot is a place where violence doesn’t usually take place.

(WASHINGTON DC ) - President Obama and the first lady are praying for the family of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year old girl who was killed just a few days after performing at President Obama”s inauguration.

Even sadder was that the young girl died less than a mile from the president’s house.

Saudi Arabia Rejects Maid Beheading Criticism

Rizana Nafeek was beheaded on Wednesday in a case that sparked widespread international condemnation, including from rights groups that said she was just 17 when she was charged with murdering the baby in 2005.

(RIYADH, al Jazeera) - Saudi Arabia has criticised world reaction to its beheading of a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing her employer's baby.

Riyadh "deplores the statements made... over the execution of a Sri Lankan maid who had plotted and killed an infant by suffocating him to death, one week after she arrived in the kingdom", the government spokesman said.

As a Child

Don’t ever lose your sense of wonder...

(LONDON) - As a Child is another beautiful work of art using words and images from our treasured writer and poet, Nahida Izzat.

Her work often exposes the injustices suffered by children in Palestine.