Ginger Gorman reports: These days it’s not politically correct to immediately comment on a little girl’s looks. But when Olivia* shows me a photo of her 10-year-old daughter Charlotte*, there’s no other word for it. She’s pretty. In the photo, Charlotte’s hair is pulled back off her face revealing shining eyes that catch the colour of…
Category: Youth & Schools
Keep Body Cameras Off Public-School Educators
Conor Friedersdorf writes: Throughout the United States, police officers are beginning to wear body cameras. Should principals in America’s public-school systems follow their example? The stakes are high. Americans who spend their childhoods in schools where all interactions are recorded for review are likely to regard constant surveillance outside the home as normal. Alas, the…
Schools Implant IUDs in Girls as Young as 6th Grade Without Their Parents Knowing
Steven Ertelt and Rebecca Downs write: Earlier this month, LifeNews.com reported on a high school in Seattle, Washington that is now implanting intrauterine devices (IUD), as well as other forms of birth control and doing so without parental knowledge or permission. The high school, Chief Sealth International, a public school, began offering the devices in 2010, made…
Delaware Enacts Online Privacy Law – Website Operators Will Need to Comply
Chuck Kunz III of Morris James LLP writes: Online businesses take note. Delaware may finally have an online privacy law. On June 25, 2015, the Delaware General Assembly passed SS1 for SB68, known as the “Delaware Online Privacy and Protection Act.” If signed by the governor, DOPPA will go into effect on January 1, 2016….