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Connect With Kids

Friday, November 21, 2008 10:46 am MST

Connect With Kids Parenting Video

Web Friends Over Real Friends - Myspace, Facebook, Live Journal, Bebo, Xenga … social networking sites have become a major part of a teenager’s life. In fact, new teen surveys show that kids value their cyberworld friends as much or even more than their friends in the real world. But are these relationships good for a teen’s social development? More Details


Online Gossip - After chat rooms, instant messaging, and social forums became popular, a new word entered our vocabulary: cyber-bullying. It’s been a problem almost since the Internet was invented but studies now show that online harassment and bullying has increased over 50 percent since 2000. More Details


Video: Self-Mutilation
Video: STD Rates
Video: Screen Time
Video: Cell Phones and Risk
Video: Moving Stress
Video: Swearing Habit
Video: Boys Harder on Mom
Video: Teaching Empathy in School
Video: How Much Time Are Kids Spending Outside?
Video: Too Much Praise
Video: Chemicals And Babies
Video: Do Teens Have Too Much On Their Plate?
Video: Are Kids To Young For Contact Lenses?
Video: Are Your Children's Toys Safe?
Video: Drinking and Driving
Video: Drinking Considered Date Rape Drug
Video: Is Sleepwalking Normal?
Video: Keeping a Sleepwalking Child Safe
Video: Fevers Dangerous for Newborns
Video: The HPV Vaccine & Boys
Video: Single Parents & Dating

Your Child's Accomplishments

Community Slideshow: Your Child’s Accomplishments! - Image From Joanne
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There are hundreds of reasons to be proud of your children -- so share those accomplishments right here! More Details

Connect With Kids With John Purvis

Connect With Kids

John Purvis Watch Connect with Kids reports from John Purvis on Fox News at Nine every Friday and twice a week.

You can also upload and share your kids’ pictures and accomplishments to be highlighted in our KFOX Morning News with Noreen Jaramillo and Isreal Balderas. Click here

Also half hour Connect With Kids specials will air every month featuring topics addressing the tough issues facing kids, teenagers and families today. Here are the upcoming half hour Connect with Kids specials:

October 2008
Show Title: "Lost for Words: Literacy in America" (literacy)
Broadcast Date: October 25, 2008 at Noon
Brief Description: Ten million students in America are classified as “poor readers.” Many will never catch up, even though their education will depend on that single skill more than any other. How does a child’s struggle with literacy affect his or her life? What innovative methods are parents and schools using to help children improve their reading skills? And how can these skills literally change a child’s life?

November 2008
Show Title: “Why Kids Skip School” (attendance)
Broadcast Date: November 15, 2008 at Noon
Brief Description: Every day in America, nearly 4 million children are NOT in school. Some re sick, some have family emergencies, but hundreds of thousands more are skipping class unexcused. In the end, those absences often lead to kids dropping out, greatly reducing their chances of success in life. What are the key reasons kids choose to “ditch” school? How can parents and teachers help children be more engaged in school and committed to their own education? What do experts say works…and what doesn’t?



December 2008
Show Title: "Young Guns" (gun violence in urban America)
Broadcast Date: December 20, 2008 at Noon
Brief Description: The squeeze of a trigger is an instantaneous and almost effortless act that can cause death and grief and a life-time of pain. Murder is the number one cause of death among young African-Americans, the second leading cause of death among all young Americans, and firearms are most involved. Young Guns tells the stories of those devastated by gun violence: victims’ families, gunshot victims paralyzed for life and a young man convicted of murder and imprisoned for 26 years. The program also looks at efforts to reduce violence in a city once called the murder capital of America – Washington, D.C.



For Previous Connect With Kids Shows Click Here

Here is a list of participating schools/organizations and/or school districts:

  • Anthony Independent Schools

  • East Montana Middle (Clint ISD)

  • El Dorado High School and Campestre Elementary (Socorro ISD)

  • El Paso Independent Schools

  • Fort Hancock Schools

  • Hatch Valley Public Schools

  • O'Donnell Elementary (Fabens ISD)

  • Picacho Middle School (Las Cruces School District)

  • San Elizario ISD

  • Sierra Blanca Schools
  • Tornillo Independent School District

  • YWCA 21st Century Community Learning Center

About Connecting With Kids

KFOX Television, Connecting with Kids (CWK) Network Inc. and Prices Creameries are honored to bring to the El Paso/Las Cruces area schools and community a unique program focusing on the education, health and well-being of children and their families.

Prices Creameries Based on "Character Education" curriculum, KFOX Television has a community awareness campaign on both KFOX-TV and KFOXTV.com. KFOX-TV has made a three year commitment to this project.

During the school year parents, teachers, students and the community will come together to Connect! "Character Education" curriculum will be taught in the classroom, outside resources will be available on KFOXTV.com and community awareness promotional spots will run on KFOX-TV. It's an opportunity to educate and bring awareness to the entire community topical issues of interest to our youth and do it through these Character Traits:

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More Connect With Kids Parenting Video

Fighting for Breath – Wheezing, shortness of breath, symptoms that occur during exercise…it sounds like exercise-induced asthma. But according to recent studies, up to 15 percent of athletes may be misdiagnosed and receiving the wrong treatment. More Details


Is Homework at Waste of Time? –Less homework is a trend in some of the nation’s most prestigious schools. A few of those schools are capping the amount of work teachers can assign. Others are nixing homework altogether in the lower grades. Why?More Details


No Worm in Ringworm– It affects about one million children in the U.S. each year, especially kids under age ten. But many parents are still unfamiliar with the disease, Ringworm, and its symptoms.More Details


Catching Reading Problems Early – Very often, parents don’t find out about their child’s learning disability until well after they’ve started school. But a new tool can pick up learning disabilities before the kids learn to read.More Details


Too Much Homework – Most parents nag, threaten and plead to get kids to do homework. They assume the frustration will be worth it - that homework will have a big academic pay-off. But what if it doesn’t? More Details


Shoppers are now spending more than $100 billion a year online. Much of that money comes from tech-savvy teens. But, increasingly kids are becoming the victims of online scams. How can we teach kids to avoid getting ripped off? More Details


‘If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times’…it’s a mantra heard in every household, from every parent. But how many times do parents have to repeat themselves? And which methods of discipline actually work? More Details


Many parents feel like they’re at their wit’s end when it comes to disciplining their children - nothing seems to work. According to a survey out of Vanderbilt University, one in three parents say their methods aren’t very effective at all. How can parents get their kids to do the right thing? More Details


About 30,000 people are treated in emergency rooms each year, for non-work related, severe injuries to their fingers. Most of those cases involve very young children. More Details


Many kids say they’re scared they’ll be the target if they stand up to a bully… some think the victim should stand up for themselves. Whatever the reason, a huge number of school kids just watch and do nothing when bullying occurs. How can we change that? More Details
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