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The nonprofit Save the Children is working with child care centers along the Mississippi coast, with plans and tools to help them reopen or resume services during hurricane season. The Magnolia State ranks eighth in the nation for hurricanes making landfall, with a record 19 storms. Militza Mezquita, senior adviser for education in emergencies for Save the Children, said its Gulf Coast Resilience Network includes child care resources and early education partners working year-round to prepare providers for disasters, so they can help get families back to their everyday lives sooner. ...

The advocacy group Save the Children is working with child care providers along the Texas coast ahead of the upcoming hurricane season. The organization has formed the Gulf Coast Resilience Network to provide child care facilities with plans and tools to help them reopen or offer services quickly after a weather-related disaster. Militza Mezquita, senior adviser for education in emergencies for Save the Children, said by working together, the network can get families back to their normal lives sooner. ...

Massachusetts parents of children harmed by social media platforms are calling on Congress to advance the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act

Massachusetts parents of children harmed by social media platforms are calling on Congress to advance the bipartisan "Kids Online Safety Act." The bill would require platforms to default to their most restrictive parental controls, creating a "duty of care" to protect children but it has been months since an emotional Senate hearing, when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered a public apology. Deb Schmill, president of the Becca Schmill Foundation in Needham, whose daughter died of an accidental drug overdose after being relentlessly cyberbullied, said Congress...

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