The Atlantic: Books: The drama of the gifted parent

--"Winning admission to a coveted college is so do-or-die that today’s
über-protective parents leave nothing to chance—which is to say, nothing to the bumbling students themselves."

Reuters: Zambia: Crushing stones is not child's play

--"Maria Banda, just five years old, and her grandmother, Aineli, spend every day breaking stones into gravel in quarries a few kilometres from the heart of Zambia's capital, Lusaka. Hundreds of others are doing the same."

ABC News: Coach Attacks Teen Football Player

--"An assistant football coach in Stockton, Calif., is accused of rushing the field and attacking a football player on a rival team."

Canada.com: Officer abused power in Tasering of teen: judge

--"An Alberta judge says a police officer looking for an excuse to fire his Taser chose to punish a 15-year-old boy following a break-in, then tried to cover up his blatant abuse of authority."

Calgary Sun: Unruly child thrown off flight

--"Company officials say this is likely the first time they've had to remove a child from a flight."

Guardian Unlimited: Councils 'failing' child prisoners

--"The Howard League for Penal Reform said young inmates were being "sidelined" because of a tendency to regard them as "undeserving of mainstream rights and services"."

Guardian Unlimited: Action at birth needed to save problem children, insists Blair

--PM defends plan to help young in troubled homes; More cash promised to aid socially excluded

Monsters & Critics.com: NYC children struggle with hunger, obesity: report

--"A Food Bank report titled 'Growing up hungry in New York City: An analysis of hunger among children' also showed nearly one-fifth of New York City's children rely on free food to survive, and 40 percent of families with children experienced difficulty affording food in 2005."

ABC News: Computer game to teach children of Internet dangers

--"More than 500 children from schools across Australia will join together today to play an online safety game called Cybersmart Detectives."