Teaching Kids To Accept Being Different

Children don’t have the same filter between their brains and their mouths that adults do, and if you need evidence of that, just think back to any moment of embarrassment caused by your child’s ultra-honesty. It’s one thing for an adult to see someone who is obese and think, he’s fat, but children are more than likely to point and say in a loud, non-indoor voice, Wow, Mommy, he’s fat!

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Cartoon Cat Teaches Kids It's Okay To Be Different

Floppy Cat isn’t like all the other cats. Instead of strolling and running, he flips, flops and sways when he walks. But instead of treating his oddball crawl like a hindrance, he treats it like a gift, making his story a metaphor for any child who isn’t like everyone else. Kari Kay, author of Floppy Cat, from the Floppy Cat Company (www.floppycat.com) based her children’s book on the life of her real cat, Floppy.

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Call That Justice

Every day, tens of thousands of children around the world wake up behind bars. Many of them will have committed no offence. BBC investigates children's rights in justice systems around the world. In a hard-hitting three-part series called ' Call That Justice', BBC uncovers a global scandal about the neglect and abuse of children's rights within the justice system, around the world.

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Capital Punishment

The question as to whether or not it is morally acceptable for the state to execute people, and if so under what circumstances, has been debated for centuries. The ethical problems involved include the general moral issues of punishment with the added problem of whether it is ever morally right to deprive a human being of life.

To learn more about various issues related to capital punishment, click on the URL below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/capitalpunishment/

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Exploring the Concept of National Identity

What is 'National Identity'? Why is important? Is it relevant in today's word? What are some important concepts, keywords and phrases involved when we talk about 'National Identity'?

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Watch PBS Evolution Series

PBS Evolution - Extinction

Five mass extinctions have occurred since life began on Earth. Some 99.9 percent of all the species that have ever lived are now extinct. Are humans causing the next mass extinction? And what does evolutionary theory predict for the world we will leave to our descendants?

PBS Evolution - Why Sex?

In evolutionary terms, sex is more important than life itself. Sex fuels evolutionary change by adding variation to the gene pool. The powerful urge to pass our genes on to the next generation has likely changed the face of human culture in ways we're only beginning to understand.

PBS Evolution - The Mind's Big Bang

Fifty thousand years ago, something happened -- the modern human mind emerged, triggering a creative, technological, and social explosion. What forces contributed to that breakthrough? Where might our power of mind ultimately lead us?

PBS Evolution - The Evolutionary Arms Race

Survival of the fittest: Raw competition? Intense cooperation? Both are essential. Interactions between and within species are among the most powerful evolutionary forces on Earth, and understanding them may be a key to our own survival.

PBS Evolution - Great Transformations

What underlies the incredible diversity of life on Earth? How have complex life forms evolved? The journey from water to land, the return of land mammals to the sea, and the emergence of humans all suggest that creatures past and present are members of a single tree of life.

PBS Evolution - What about God?

Of all species, we alone attempt to explain who we are and how we came to be. This final episode explores the struggle between science and religion. Through the personal stories of students and teachers, it offers the view that they are compatible.

PBS Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Part 1

PBS Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Part 2

Why does Charles Darwin's "dangerous idea" matter more today than ever, and how does it explain the past and predict the future of life on Earth? The first show interweaves the drama of Darwin's life with current documentary sequences, introducing key concepts of evolution.

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Animal Rights?

Rational argument about the right and wrong way to treat animals is made more difficult by the deep love that many of us feel for animals.

For philosophers it raises fundamental questions about the basis of moral rights.

To learn more about the issue, click here http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/

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