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Researchers compared brain activity of eleven very overweight girls to a group of girls with a normal weight. Even at this young age the researchers discovered a decrease of brain activity caused by obesity, which will lead to problems in their development. If this is permanent damage will be investigated further. Once again another reason to start fighting obesity among children.

Even in Europe there are poor kids without toys, without parents and without enough money to live properly. This new blog is preparing for 16 musical festivals throughout Germany to collect money and goods and help the poor children living in our society. Check out:  http://rock-against-child-poverty.ning.com/

Sir Ken Robinson is a visionair and a creativity expert with a very clear view on our current education systems; “schools kill creativity”. Everybody having and/or working with children should watch this presentation. Because why is being good at math so much more valued than being good at dance or drama. Surprising, because there are so many people making a very good living with artistic professions. My wish for the next generation is to turn schools into talent development centers.

With 30 children in a class and only 1 teacher it is very hard to give all the students enough attention and develop their talents to the max. Dave Eggers, who is a writer of books and storywriter for magazines, realized that one on one tutoring is the best encouragement for children. He set up a network of volunteers, most of them writers with flexible working hours, to help children with their homework in a fascinating and innovating way. Dave gave a presentation and won a prize with his initiative. The presentation video on the homepage is really funny and heartwarming and makes you want to participate too. (www.onceuponaschool.com)

So you’re between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? Most people will think money, gadgets (mobile phones, i-pods) or going out. Turns out the real answer is quite different. Spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question, according to an extensive survey — more than 100 questions asked of 1,280 people ages 13-24 — conducted by The Associated Press and MTV on the nature of happiness among America’s young people. This proves that having a good relationship with our children and setting the right and positive example is crucial. Despite the difficulties in the world, we must show them the good sides of life more often, and help them to grow up to be a happy and confident next generation.

happy next generation