ABOUT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: Community Connections is a lesson collection designed for adult learners and community colleges, with the goal of inspiring student civic action. This might be respectful debate or conversation about a local issue, planning a community event, or a creative project that helps connect local, national and global issues. To use this lesson:...Read More

Attorneys often use bellwether verdicts to gauge how juries may view similar claims, helping them assess the potential value of remaining cases and guide settlement negotiations. The plaintiffs who are settling with TikTok are SJ, a 15-year-old girl from Illinois who has alleged the social media platforms caused her to suffer from self-harm, anxiety, depression,...Read More

Kids these days, we’re told, are scrolling the summer away on their digital devices. But some tweens and teens are rebelling — by getting good old-fashioned summer jobs. They’re bucking a longterm trend. The percentage of teens actively working or looking for work over the summer has dropped by 30 percentage points since the ‘70s,...Read More

(The Center Square) – A law in Illinois creating restrictions on social media use and online activity for children was recently signed, though it won’t take effect until 2028. One industry-backed trade group continues to call it unconstitutional. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the new public act Friday, and described it as a new way...Read More

WAHPETON — The Wahpeton Police Department is asking local businesses to help fund child safety and drug prevention materials distributed through the National Child Safety Council, a partnership the department has maintained for 15 to 20 years. Police Chief Matthew Anderson said the program predates his tenure as chief and continues a relationship former Chief...Read More

To use this website, cookies must be enabled in your browser. To enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below. Facebook App: Open links in External Browser There is a specific issue with the Facebook in-app browser intermittently making requests to websites without cookies that had previously been set. This appears to be a...Read More

Social media account ownership by children under 16 years old has declined by over 10 percent in the first three months of Australia’s social media age restrictions, according to an assessment from the eSafety Commissioner. The shift from legally requiring age verification, facial age estimation or some other form of “effective age assurance” to enforcing...Read More

August 3, 2026   ~Encouraging Motorists Statewide to Know Their Zone~ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ~ August kicks off back-to-school season and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ (FLHSMV) child safety campaign to educate and encourage Florida’s motorists, parents, caregivers, and children to Know Their Zone and be aware of the critical safety areas...Read More

By FLHSMV TALLAHASSEE — August kicks off back-to-school season and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ (FLHSMV) child safety campaign to educate and encourage Florida’s motorists, parents, caregivers, and children to Know Their Zone and be aware of the critical safety areas around school buses, school zones, and neighborhoods where children are...Read More

BEAVER DAM, Ky. (WBKO) – The Ohio County Sheriff’s Office is making sure parents have aware of the dangerous people lurking on the internet. On Thursday, Aug. 6, the sheriff’s office is hosting a panel about online child predators. The Ohio County Sheriff’s Office is making sure parents have aware of the dangerous people lurking...Read More