With so much attention on Deutsche Bank's woes, it's curious that so little has been written about our own
U.S. problem child — Citigroup (although we have certainly tried to make up for that here at Wall Street On Parade).
Not exact matches
By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi
children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major
problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the
U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.
• A study that followed a large group of
U.S. children over 10 years, found that although mothers» depression was related to escalating
child behavior
problems, this was not the case among
children who said their fathers were highly involved in their lives (Chang et al, 2007).
On just about every school yard, the nation's obesity
problem is apparent: A fifth of
U.S. children are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for...
Finally, a Finnish trial of universal home visiting by nurses35 and two
U.S. programs implemented by master's degree - level mental health or developmental clinicians have found significant effects on a number of important
child behavioural
problems.36, 37 Additionally, a paraprofessional home visitation program found effects on externalizing and internalizing behaviours at
child age 2; however due to the large number of effects measured in this study, replication of the findings is warranted.38
Zoe Baird's failed attempt to become
U.S. attorney general brought the
problems of
child home day care to the national forefront.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer called for a probe into troubled Coney Island Hospital after an exposé by the NY Post detailed major
problems with the way the facility cares for
children.
The biggest impact a
U.S. citizen can have on global environment
problems, such as climate change, is having fewer
children.
Inuit pregnant women, mothers and women of childbearing age had about seven times more mercury in their blood than what the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says will cause health
problems for their
children, according to a 2011 study.
The findings are significant, scientists say, because liver
problems such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are surging in the
U.S., affecting 10 - 35 percent of adults and an increasing number of
children.
It just may be one of the most underappreciated health
problems in the
U.S. today: As many as one in five
children experience a mental disorder in a given year.
A new study by statistics professors at Oregon State University finds that the biggest impact a
U.S. citizen can have on this climate change
problem is perhaps not so much surprising as difficult to accept: have fewer
children.
The disease afflicts people of every age, but has become a particular
problem in
children, now that about one - fifth of
U.S. school - age
children are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, alcohol use during pregnancy has been linked to a long list of medical
problems in
children.
The syndrome refers to a group of conditions that include poor growth for the baby both in the womb and after birth, and mental, physical and developmental
problems for the
child that can last through adulthood, according to the
U.S. National Institutes of Health.
The numbers tell a sad and alarming story: Most 4th graders who live in
U.S. cities can't read and understand a simple
children's book, and most 8th graders can't use arithmetic to solve a practical
problem.
With the support of the
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a new partnership between researchers at Florida State University and Bayero University - Kano in northern Nigeria aims to tackle these
problems by strengthening the country's ability to provide high - quality education and improve
children's reading skills.
For example, impactful Early Head Start and Head Start (EHS / HS) programs effectively provide family members with support, training, and materials to help them stimulate their
children's cognitive development, handle discipline and health problems, and develop vocational and home management skills (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
children's cognitive development, handle discipline and health
problems, and develop vocational and home management skills (
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for
Children and Families
Children and Families, 2010).
Uriburu said there are serious
problems that need attention: Substitute teachers lead many ESOL classes because there are not enough full - time, certified teachers, some
U.S. - born
children don't get the support they need and are stuck in ESOL classes for years, and the achievement gap is glaring.
There is much agreement that for the
U.S. to remain a world economic leader, all
children must be able to think mathematically and
problem - solve.
The
problems of the Obama Administration's No
Child waivers were apparent even before
U.S. Secretary of Arne Duncan formally announced the effort two years ago.
That IS the
problem with our current
U.S. education accountability law — No
Child Left Behind (NCLB).
This provision also ignores that the federal No
Child Left Behind law requires the state to test at least 95 percent of students and could create
problems with the
U.S. Department of Education, including possible sanctions.
The
U.S.'s ranking is attributable to
problems regarding poverty, health care,
child abuse, juvenile law, and other issues.
And earlier in 2015, after a visit to Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri,
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill wrote to the Air Force Chief of Staff, expressing her concerns over the growing
problem, noting that a drone pilot «could be sitting down to a meal with his or her family less than two hours after killing Islamic State or Taliban fighters... they could be playing with their
children shortly after witnessing up close and in graphic detail the effects of a 500 - pound bomb or Hellfire missile on a soft target.»
It has stated that it is
U.S. policy to «deter
child abductions» and that «the Convention's purpose [is] to prevent harms resulting from abductions,» which «can have devastating consequences for a
child» and may be «one of the worst forms of
child abuse» that «can cause psychological
problems ranging from depression and acute stress disorder to posttraumatic stress disorder and identity formation issues» and lead to a
child's experiencing «loss of community and stability, leading to loneliness, anger, and fear of abandonment» and «may prevent the
child from forming a relationship with the left - behind parent, impairing the
child's ability to mature.»
One of the points I tried to make to the 9th Circuit of
U.S. Court of Appeals when I asked them to give me all of one district was that, by having access to all the data, I would be able to go in and, much more quickly, find all those privacy violations and assist the courts in fixing the
problems and in raising awareness so that, when a lawyer submits a document that's got 40 pages of home addresses of school
children with their Social Security number.
The authors used data from the Fragile Families and
Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study including nearly 5,000
children born between 1998 and 2000 in hospitals in 20
U.S. cities, to consider these dimensions of dynamic family structure together, asking whether they independently predict
children's behavior
problems at age 9.
First, interventions that increase the share of
children growing up with two continuously married biological parents will have modest effects on the percentage of
U.S. children experiencing various
problems, but could have substantial effects on the number of
children experiencing them.
Between 25 percent to 35 percent of typically developing
children in the
U.S. have feeding disorders, according to Natalia Stasenko, writing for Food and Nutrition, and up to 40 percent to 70 percent with chronic medical
problems are struggling with issues related to feeding and nutrition.
Neglect is by far the most common form of
child maltreatment reported to the
U.S. child welfare system; 78 % of reports in 2009 were for neglect.1 The short - and long - term outcomes associated with neglect are often serious, including fatalities, physiological changes in the brain, academic difficulties, criminal behaviour and mental health
problems.
Child Well - Being Spotlight:
Children Placed Outside the Home and Children Who Remain In - Home After a Maltreatment Investigation Have Similar and Extensive Service Needs (PDF - 211 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2012) Summarizes recent research from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that indicates children reported for maltreatment have a high risk of experiencing developmental problems, cognitive problems, behavioral / emotional problems, or substance use disorders, regardless of whether they were placed in out - of - home care or remained in - home with or without receiving s
Children Placed Outside the Home and
Children Who Remain In - Home After a Maltreatment Investigation Have Similar and Extensive Service Needs (PDF - 211 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2012) Summarizes recent research from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that indicates children reported for maltreatment have a high risk of experiencing developmental problems, cognitive problems, behavioral / emotional problems, or substance use disorders, regardless of whether they were placed in out - of - home care or remained in - home with or without receiving s
Children Who Remain In - Home After a Maltreatment Investigation Have Similar and Extensive Service Needs (PDF - 211 KB)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2012) Summarizes recent research from the National Survey of
Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that indicates
children reported for maltreatment have a high risk of experiencing developmental problems, cognitive problems, behavioral / emotional problems, or substance use disorders, regardless of whether they were placed in out - of - home care or remained in - home with or without receiving s
children reported for maltreatment have a high risk of experiencing developmental
problems, cognitive
problems, behavioral / emotional
problems, or substance use disorders, regardless of whether they were placed in out - of - home care or remained in - home with or without receiving services.
Impact Findings from the Head Start CARES Demonstration: National Evaluation of the Three Approaches to Improving Preschoolers» Social and Emotional Competence Morris, Mattera, Castells, Bangser, Bierman, & Raver
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for
Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2014) Describes the impact of the CARES demonstration, focusing on outcomes during the spring of the preschool year in: (1) teacher practices; (2) classroom climate; (3) children's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social problem - solving skills; and (4) children's learning behaviors and social be
Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2014) Describes the impact of the CARES demonstration, focusing on outcomes during the spring of the preschool year in: (1) teacher practices; (2) classroom climate; (3)
children's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social problem - solving skills; and (4) children's learning behaviors and social be
children's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social
problem - solving skills; and (4)
children's learning behaviors and social be
children's learning behaviors and social behaviors.
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy The national association for marriage and family therapists in both Canada and the
U.S.. On this site you'll find clinical updates for consumers on over fourty family
problem areas, such as marital distress, depression, and the effects of divorce on
children.
«Bullying behavior is a social, educational, and health
problem that affects many
children and adolescents in Rhode Island and the
U.S. Bullying behavior has a negative impact on all involved, including the victim, the perpetrator, and bystanders,» according to Katherine Chu, of Kids Count.
According to the
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, approximately 13 percent of
children ages 9 - 17 experience an anxiety disorder - making it among the most common emotional
problems to occur during childhood and adolescence.
Charlene Brennan lovingly transports
children in Belize with severe orthopedic
problems from their homes to the
U.S. for surgery.