Kids with early attention problems struggle in high school

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Strict parenting might not be bad for kids at all - it helps them develop leadership qualities as adults, says a new study. Researchers using data from a Minnesota study of twins found that kids raised with an authoritative parenting style, where parents set clear limits and expectations while being supportive of children, assumed more leadership roles at work.

August 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Want your kids to perform well academically? Well, then make sure that you are educated enough, suggests a new study. "If you want your kids to do well in school, then the amount of education you get yourself is important.

July 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Nadya Suleman, the mother of the world's most famous octuplets, has inked a deal standing at nearly 250,000 dollars for each of her 14 kids to star in a reality TV programme. According to the contracts filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the kids will earn 250 a day over three years though a judge is yet to give a nod of approval.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama admits occasional cigaretteWASHINGTON — One day after signing legislation giving the government unprecedented power to regulate tobacco, President Barack Obama is admitting that he's sometimes "fallen off the wagon" in his own effort to stop smoking. Obama told reporters Tuesday that he's "95 percent cured." But he added that "there are times where I mess up." He said he's not a "daily" or "constant" smoker, and that he doesn't smoke in front of his kids.

June 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Couples who live together only for the sake of their kids, despite having problems with each other, should know that such an arrangement isn't really helpful for the children. A study has found that kids in high-conflict married households tend to do no better than those in stepfather and single-mother families.

May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Mia Farrow, who is on a hunger strike to raise awareness about the plight of starving refugees in Sudan, has been joined by her son Isaiah. Mia revealed that her 17-year-old son made her proud, as he spent 24 hours refusing to eat.

April 28th, 2009 Students show improvement in reading, mathWASHINGTON — Kids in the U.S. are improving in reading and math, with low-achieving students making the biggest gains.

April 22nd, 2009 Dropout rate declines in some citiesWASHINGTON — The high school dropout problem is getting better in some big cities where it's most severe, a national study found, but the overall situation remains dismal, as more than one in four kids drops out of high school nationwide. Still, Philadelphia, Tucson, Ariz., and Kansas City, Mo., made huge gains over the past decade, boosting graduation rates by 20 percentage points or more, the study found.

April 22nd, 2009 Some cities make gains in curbing dropoutsWASHINGTON — The high school dropout problem is getting better in some big cities where it's most severe, a national study found, but the overall situation remains dismal, as more than one in four kids drops out of high school nationwide. Still, Philadelphia, Tucson, Ariz., and Kansas City, Mo., made huge gains over the past decade, boosting graduation rates by 20 percentage points or more, the study found.

April 22nd, 2009 High school dropouts decline in some citiesWASHINGTON — The high school dropout problem is getting better in some big cities where it's most severe, a national study found, but the overall situation remains dismal, as more than one in four kids drops out of high school nationwide. Still, Philadelphia, Tucson, Ariz., and Kansas City, Mo., made huge gains over the past decade, boosting graduation rates by 20 percentage points or more, the study found.

March 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Ever since Reese Witherspoon has voiced a character in animated movie 'Monsters vs. Aliens', she has got a "cool" status in the eyes of her kids, who no longer think of her as a "gigantic dork." Although the 'Walk The Line' star has won critical accolade and an Oscar for her previous work, she hasn't really impressed her kids, Ava and Deacon.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - US First Lady Michelle Obama remembers being ridiculed for trying to be educated and getting good grades in school in Chicago's South side. "I wanted an "A".

March 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON -'We can't afford our kids to be mediocre at a time when they're competing against kids in China and kids in India,' US President Barack Obama has said. Interacting with local residents at California's Costa Mesa town hall Wednesday, Obama said, 'It can't just be a single high-stakes standardized test - but we do need to have strong, powerful measures of performance, because schools are like anything else.' 'We can't afford our kids to be mediocre at a time when they're competing against kids in China and kids in India who are actually in school about a month longer than our kids.

January 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - High-school kids glued to TV sets most of the time are likely to develop bad eating habits five years later, according to a study. Daheia Barr-Anderson worked with University of Minnesota researchers to investigate the link between TV and diet.

January 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The makers of Oscar-nominated hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' have said the welfare of child actors from the slums of Mumbai has always been a top priority for everyone involved with the movie. Reacting to some media criticism of the way Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar and Rubina Qureshi, who played the three main characters as children, had been treated, a Fox Searchlight spokesman said: 'The welfare of Azhar and Rubina has always been a top priority for everyone involved with 'Slumdog Millionaire'.' 'A plan has been in place for over 12 months to ensure that their experience working on 'Slumdog Millionaire' would be of long term benefit.