Regulations requiring flame-retardant children's sleepwear have substantially reduced clothing burns, though current efforts to relax this standard may result in their reappearance. Reducing the rate of child injury deaths in the future will require the dedication of individuals to implement what we know works, the determination of communities to create environments where children can grow up safely, and the public and private dollars to support injury prevention research and to disseminate effective interventions. The Future of Children Vol. Boys Think Researchers at Adelaide's Flinders University decided it was time to ask boys what they think of school and their teachers. The responses of 1800 boys in grades 9 through12 both support and contradict some of the current theories as to why boys' rates of retention and achievement are declining.
Many boys think school work is boring, irrelevant and a waste of time.
They say that teachers don't listen to them or care what they think, and that the system won't prepare them for the world of work. Why Little Boys Need Toy Guns Parents want toys that make their kids think, but all kids want are talking Barbies and Kens that can kill, according to Ralph Osterhout. Ralph used to design diving equipment for the US Navy Seals and Gulf War night-vision equipment, now he designs toys. In this New Scientist interview he shares his views about why boys play with guns and girls with dolls and what he thinks the toys of the future will look like. Keep your children active and their weight under control.