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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

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Physical Growth and Maturation From infancy to adolescence, children undergo substantial changes in skeletal structure, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory capacity, and coordination. Safe Sport Policies and Guidelines An increasing number of governing bodies, including the NCAA and USA Baseball, have introduced guidelines for youth coaches.

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The Relentless School Nurse: When Policy Harms Children – A School Nurse’s Call to Action

Relentless School Nurse

Now more than ever, we are bearing witness to a dangerous unraveling of public health and education infrastructure, driven by policy decisions at the highest levels of government. School nurses are care coordinators, safety nets, and first responders. This isnt theoretical. Its happening now. And its harming children.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Dismantled, Not Defeated – The Legacy of America’s First White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

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This unwelcome, but expected closure, ended the office’s brief but impactful tenure as a central hub for coordinating gun violence prevention efforts across the federal government.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Resilience in the Face of Opposition – The Gun Safety Movement’s Path Forward

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Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy’s groundbreaking advisory , which highlights the urgent need for a coordinated public health response to this crisis. Without this central office, the federal government will lose a vital tool for addressing gun violence in a coordinated and comprehensive way.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Take Action to STOP the Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education

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Department of Education is facing a two-pronged assault from both the Executive and Legislative branches of government. This coordinated effort presents an unprecedented threat to the future of federal education policy and funding in our country. The dismantling of the U.S.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Campus Shooting, CDC Layoffs, and the Fragile Future of Gun Violence Prevention

Relentless School Nurse

The erosion of public health leadership doesnt just stall progressit puts lives at risk by reducing the nations ability to detect threats, coordinate responses, and protect the most vulnerable among us. If adults come back to run the government in four years, all this institutional memory will be lost.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Whooping Cough’s Comeback – The Alarming Cost of Falling Vaccination Rates

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has yet to launch a coordinated response, even as senators and health experts call for urgent action. The resurgence of whooping cough is a stark reminder that vaccine hesitancy and inaction at the highest levels of government have real, sometimes tragic, consequences. Kennedy Jr.