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#children #BlackChildren #education #mathematics

'When [Professor Danny] Martin first started doing his research in the early 1990s, he noticed that almost all existing research focused on how Black children differed from white children in their mathematical performance; white children’s achievement was the standard. The brilliance of Black children was frequently ignored in favor of focusing on low achievement as measured by narrow criteria.'

https://today.uic.edu/danny-bernard-martin-distinguished-scholar/

Danny Bernard Martin: Exploring what it means to learn math while Black | UIC today

The Japan Times 5h ago

Tokyo’s newest art star is only a year old and has a bedtime before her solo show opens. Meet Thumbelina, the toddler turning heads (and making sales) in Kabukicho. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/24/art/tokyo-toddler-artist-thumbelina/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #decameron #shinjukuward #kabukicho #children

Thumbelina's bedtime is before 8. Her exhibition runs till 5 a.m.

A toddler’s solo art show lights up Tokyo’s nightlife, even though she’s asleep before her first guests arrive.

The Japan Times

Alo Japan 5h ago

https://www.alojapan.com/1255343/thumbelinas-bedtime-is-before-8-her-exhibition-runs-till-5-a-m/ Thumbelina’s bedtime is before 8. Her exhibition runs till 5 a.m. #children #Decameron #kabukicho #news #ShinjukuWard #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as “Thumbelina” splodges and splats with merry abandon, the 1-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime. Abstract paintings by the toddler are on sale for ¥33,000 ($230) at her debut show at the Decameron gallery, tuck…

Thumbelina's bedtime is before 8. Her exhibition runs till 5 a.m.

Gripping paintbrush and crayon, the artist known as 'Thumbelina' splodges and splats with merry abandon, the 1-year-old star of a Tokyo exhibition that goes on way past her bedtime.Abstract paintings by the toddler are on sale for ¥33,000 ($230) at her debut show at the Decameron gallery, tucked above a bar in the red-light district Kabukicho.Thumbelina's vivid style is 'babyish but mysteriously dexterous,' says gallery director Dan Isomura, who also played matchmaker to the toddler's parents.

Alo Japan All About Japan

beSpacific 5h ago

4-year-old #migrant girl, other #kids go to #court in #NYC with no #lawyer: 'The #cruelty is apparent' In shelters across New York, migrant #children sit in front of computer, TV screens, appearing virtually in real #court proceedings. They swivel in chairs, walk in circles, play w their hair — while immigration judges address them on the screens in front of them. “The reason we’re here is because the government of the #UnitedStates wants you to leave the United States" https://gothamist.com/news/4-year-old-migrant-girl-other-kids-go-to-court-in-nyc-with-no-lawyer-the-cruelty-is-apparent

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'

The Trump administration cut funding for lawyers aiding unaccompanied minors in court.

Gothamist

A. Rivera 6h ago

> If you heard these 7 phrases as a child, you grew up with a family that didn’t support you emotionally https://geediting.com/dan-if-you-heard-these-phrases-as-a-child-you-grew-up-with-a-family-that-didnt-support-you-emotionally/

It is a miracle I turned out OK as I DID hear most of these at one time or another. Some of these my parents and elders used regularly. And my family was relatively decent. I can't imagine some of my peers who were in seriously fucked up families.

#parents #children

If you heard these 7 phrases as a child, you grew up with a family that didn’t support you emotionally

I remember the words my mom used to say, “Eat your vegetables, dear.” Or my dad’s frequent admonition, “Don’t play with your food.” As a child, these phrases seemed commonplace. But what if the words you heard were different? What if they were less about guidance and more about emotional neglect? I’m not talking about … Continue reading "If you heard these 7 phrases as a child, you grew up with a family that didn’t support you emotionally"

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Nonilex 6h ago

[aside cont: if a #family wants to be together—whatever their makeup, that is great. If a committed non-cis-hetero couple devotes itself to family & kids—lucky #kids. If a family decides that what is best for all involved is to not be together, in my experience [particularly in domestic #abuse (physical or emotional) situations, or #loveless ones] that is wonderful too—it acknowledges an awareness of what is best for the #children. And if a person chooses to not procreate, that is their #CHOICE]

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Nonilex 6h ago

“All around them people are crying, fainting, & having panic attacks due to the stress,” Welch said. She’s interviewed hundreds of #kids who’ve been detained after crossing the #border. In #Texas, though, she had an unusual experience—some of the #children she met weren’t recent #immigrants. They had been in the country for years.

#immigration #law #Trump #ChildrensRights #family #jail #MassDeportations #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #EthnicCleansing

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Nonilex 6h ago

In late March, Leecia Welch, a deputy #litigation director at #ChildrensRights, a #legal nonprofit that represents #children in government custody, visited a #family #jail in #Texas that the #Trump Admin had recently reopened. The immigrant children Welch met were #hungry, #SleepDeprived, & bored [lacking educational activity].

#immigration #law #Trump #MassDeportations #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #EthnicCleansing

Nonilex 6h ago

[This time around, #Trump isn’t just separating & jailing #immigrants, he’s separating & jailing families who are long time residents.]

THE #IMMIGRANT FAMILIES JAILED IN #TEXAS

#Children have long been put in migrant #detention if they were apprehended at the #border. Today, lawyers have found, #families are being removed from stable lives in the #UnitedStates.

#immigration #law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #EthnicCleansing
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-immigrant-families-jailed-in-texas

The Immigrant Families Jailed in Texas

Jack Herrera writes about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting people in the interior and sending them, with their young children, to detention centers.

The New Yorker

Paul Houle 7h ago

👼 The number of US nonparents who never want children is growing

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-nonparents-children.html

#parenting #generations #culture #children #lifestyles

The number of US nonparents who never want children is growing

Recent data from the Pew Research Center suggest that Americans are rethinking whether they want to become parents. This could be part of a long-term trend, as a research team from Michigan State University found that the percentage of nonparents in the United States who never want children has doubled over the past 20 years.

Phys.org