'One Decision' PSA Is Devastating Reenactment Of What Could Happen If A Child Is Left In A Car (VIDEO)

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So far, 15 children have died of heatstroke after being left alone in cars, this summer. More than 500 have died since 1998, and 73 percent of those cases were babies under the age of 2.

Red Castle Productions has created a PSA to prevent more tragedies. In the powerful video above, actors reenact what could happen if a child is left in a car for a short time -- it can take as little as 15 minutes to suffer life-threatening injuries. The video also shows what to do if you ever notice a child alone in a car.

It's worth noting that the numbers above include kids who were left in cars by accident, and as Lisa Belkin recently reminded readers: "The parents who accidentally leave their children to die could be any of us." That's why Kids and Cars, an organization which aims to educate parents on the topic offers this acronym:

Back seat: Put something in the back seat whenever you strap a child in, so you have to open the back door, or at least turn around to find that item, when you get out of the car. Your handbag or briefcase, cellphone or employee badge.

Every child should be correctly restrained in the back seat.

Stuffed animal: Keep a brightly colored one in the car seat when your child isn’t there. Then move it from the car seat to the front seat after you strap your child in, to remind you when your baby is in the back seat.

Ask your baby sitter or child-care provider to call you within 10 minutes if your child hasn't arrived on time.

Focus on driving: Avoid cellphone calls and text-messaging while driving.

Every time you park your vehicle -- every single time -- open the back door to make sure no one has been left behind.

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Dream critically affects the child brain development

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In British Medical Journal of Eastern month, there is a report about a study that shows the relationship of the dream for the development of the brain in children. He is called the Millennium cohort study and followed 11,000 children. Most negatively affected children who showed irregular bedtime until age three when it came to reading, math and spatial awareness. When over time, continued to lag development even at the age of seven - and girls more than boys. The authors concluded that the first three years of life seems to be a particularly sensitive time for sleep and its relation with the development of the brain.

The results are similar to a smaller Canadian study published in the journal of sleep in 2008. This study found that children sleeping less than ten hours a night before three years were more likely to display language and reading problems as well as ADHD. In both studies, these problems persist despite the improvement in the total time of sleep after three years.

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What we are seeing here is the relationship of sleep to neuroplasticity. Neural plasticity refers to structural and functional changes in the brain caused by training and experience. It is the brain's ability to change by increasing cerebral tissue called gray matter and alter the circuits in the brain called synapses. We know that adults are capable of these changes, but on a much smaller scale. It seems that it is the most crucial period of such changes in the brain probably during the first three years of life. In fact, is one of the reasons that children can recover from the trauma more complete principal that adults can. It also explains the fact that if all the left hemisphere is eliminated in a three or four years, that child may still develop normal language skills. This is not possible in an adult.

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How does the dream in this? We know that children exhibit the greatest amount of slow wave sleep (deep). Recent studies have correlated this dream of slow waves with the development of the brain. In fact, certain types of brain scans have shown that regions of the brain that receives these slow wave show further growth and development in response. REM sleep is also important and plays an important role in the development of Visual related parts of our brain. Finally, recent works show production during the sleep of brain proteins necessary for these changes.

What is the message of these studies take? That dream is probably much more important in child brain development that we never have before. It is very important that your child gets enough sleep - and that, as the British study showed, it is to establish a bed-time adjusted so that your child adheres. Their future may depend on it.

"Sleep and child brain development: the critical link" originally appeared in the journal of health

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Child rescued from the sand dune in Indiana after being trapped for hours

CHICAGO - A child of 6 years he spent more than three hours underground after being swallowed by a huge sand dune in Indiana was able to respond to the "simple commands" when arrived in a Chicago hospital, a spokesman said.

The child, whose survival was described as a "miracle" by a local coroner, remained in critical condition on Saturday at the Hospital of children eating and has responded well to being on a ventilator, Lorna Wong hospital spokeswoman said in a statement.

Hospital does not detail order it that boy said after his arrival. Wong later told The Associated Press that he could not say if the answers were an indication that he had regained consciousness. Name and City native child not have been released at the request of the family, he said.

Michigan City, Indiana, Ronnie Martin fire chief said WSBT-TV on Saturday that an air bag saved the child's life.

According to Bruce Rowe, a ranger in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Park along Lake Michigan, the family of the boy said that he was playing in the dune on Friday when it fell partially into it. While trying to dig out, dune collapsed, burying the child under 11 feet of sand, he said.

The family called 911, and attend emergencies were on the scene within 15 minutes and began to dig by hand, said Rowe. Teams with excavation equipment were brought in to help rescue efforts.

Martin told the television station in the area of South Bend, Indiana that firefighters located the child while the insistence of the dune, immediately once they detect the air bag to survive for so long under ground. He took out it and the boy was rushed to a hospital in Michigan City, then later flown to eat.

LaPorte County Deputy Coroner Mark Huffman said the sending of news of Michigan City that the survival of the child was a "miracle".

"It's completely amazing," he said.

The authorities were puzzled over the cause of the collapse, which Rowe called "unprecedented". The section of the dune, which is more than 125 meters tall and is known as mount Baldy, had been cordoned off for restoration work. It will remain closed at least for the weekend and until authorities can determine if it is still a danger.

Wong, spokeswoman for eating, said the family of the boy wanted to express gratitude to emergency responders and all those who helped in the rescue.

"Also ask that people include this little boy in their prayers," said.

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Dr. Susan Engel, Development Psychologist, On How To Raise A Happy And Healthy Child (VIDEO)

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The key to raising successful kids? Depends on how you define "success," says author and leading development psychologist, Dr. Susan Engel.

At the Aspen Ideas Festival in June, Engel talked to HuffPost Live about the mistakes parents make while raising their children.

"Part of it is the idea that if they just do everything right, they can make their child exactly what they want them to be," she said, "And part of it is the idea that what they want them to be is highly successful, in what I consider to be somewhat outdated or useless notions of what success is."

Engel explained that the secret to having a happy, healthy child largely involves letting go and recognizing him or her as an independent person.

Engel first popularized the idea in a 2011 New York Times op-ed titled, "Let Kids Rule the School," in which she followed a group of eight public high school students who developed their own curriculum and ended up learning more than they ever had in a traditional classroom.

When asked her thoughts on HuffPost's Third Metric, Engel responded, "I realized that success has to do with finding some sense of meaning and purpose in life, some sense of joy and some sense of personal connection."

This video is part of a series of interviews with speakers, attendees and panelists at The Aspen Ideas Festival, produced by The Huffington Post in conjunction with The Aspen Institute. For more videos from the series, click here. For more information about The Aspen Institute, click here.

Jesse Daniels charge of child endangerment for corralling children suspected of vandalism in closet

CLYDE, New York - a man who says that he saw four guys vandalizing his father-in-law's House has been charged with child endangerment after the pens in a closet until the police arrived.

Jesse Daniels was charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child after that authorities say that you interrupted the vandalism in the empty House in the village of Wayne County of Clyde, halfway between Rochester and Syracuse.

Daniels, 53, told WHAM-TV in Rochester who heard knocking from the House of the night of June 8 next. The House is empty while Daniels renew it for his father-in-law.

Daniels said that they were to investigate while his wife called 911. He said he found four children, ages 8 and 10, in the interior with hammers. He took a hammer one, then stuck the boys in a closet until officers arrived, he said.

"I was lucky that they were in that room had a closet, so I put them in the closet," he said. "" "Said," Hey, guys stay here until the police come, period. ""

His parents, said Daniels handled boys roughly and threatened with a hammer.

The damage to the page holes in walls, broken Windows and graffiti derogatory to women painted on the walls. Daniels estimates that the damage to the property of his father in law exceeds $40,000.

He said that he believed that the boys committed vandalism in retaliation for the wife of Daniels saying earlier in the day to stay out of the property of the couple.

The boys have been accused of theft and criminal damage. Their cases are being handled in the Wayne County Family Court.

Paul Bowler, father of two of the boys, told the station that there are no excuses for the actions of their children.

"I understand that they were in the are bad, but there are other ways to handle it", said. "(Daniels) knew who were children. It is not as if they were foreigners. Send to children at home and then call the police. "Do not sit there and they haunt them and tell them you're going to hit their skulls with a hammer."

Bowling player, said Daniels grabbed the neck of one of his sons and left a mark. He said that his boys are traumatized and Daniels should have faced more charges.

Daniels counters trying to protect his family.

Daniels is due back in court this month. It is not immediately clear if he has an attorney.

The Richard Healy Wayne County District Attorney told the station that the incident is still under investigation.

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Information: WHAM-TV, http://www.wokr13.tv

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Cute Kid note of the day: three little words of a child with autism

Note of cute boy today is simply everything.

Title: Three little words of a child with autism

Author: Redditor EFCFrost son, which is in the spectrum

Time: Dad saw the note on Saturday, the eve of father's day

Why make you cry: EFCFrost posted his photo of note, explaining "my child has autism, never, I called dad or recognize me at all. Today this wrote on his drawing board. The best day of parents never!"

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Your child have ever drawn or written something adorable? Send a photo, along with your child's name and age, to kidnotes@huffingtonpost.com or through Facebook or Twitter - and can be presented as our cute child's day note.

Note following cute boy of the day: happy day from parents, in fact

Allen Iverson - Ex want threw you in jail on child support without paying

Allen Iverson has an appointment this week with the judge, who earlier this year called it a horrible parent... and seeing how his ex says that it should be $40,000 in maintenance... this new hearing probably will go so wrong for Iverson as the last one.

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