Fair Play for Children News — Health Wellbeing and Education

includes Early Years and Child-Care, Disability issues and Child Protection

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Previous Edition to 15th March 2024

23rd June 2024: 67 new stories worldwide

US states want to ban phones in schools. How would that work?

Gaza's water system, destroyed by war, is sickening its children

Colombia guerrillas: The children being lured to fight on TikTok

'Living hell' of parents seeking special needs school places

More Than 130,000 Households With Housing Vouchers Have Been Burdened by Child Care Costs Since…

Insights on QRIS from Six States & a Literature Review - Child Trends

'Children are suffering' due to long NHS surgery waits

Send: Concern as councils expect £1bn special educational needs shortfall

Baby changing: Calls for equal access for everyone to areas

Children mocked and bullied by staff at special needs school

Two-child cap to hit extra 670,000 children in next five years, thinktank warns

UNICEF Peacebuilding: Protecting Children in Conflict Zones

Audit shows Buffalo Diocese in full compliance with child protection policies

What Could New York's Two Child Privacy Protection Bills Mean for Businesses?

Restoring Independence in Child Neglect Laws | The Regulatory Review

Revised Child Act To Strengthen Child Protection Laws By 2026 | New Sarawak Tribune

Collective effort needed in promoting child safety

TikTok facing another legal battle over failing to protect kids privacy

Religious Exemption Laws

Key Messages | National Child Protection Authority

Strengthening Child Protection

Emergency housing for NJ kids with disabilities is so scarce 'families often just give up'

The death of a child with a disability at an Ontario school urgently calls for government action

Minnesota families struggle to find quality child care for their children with disabilities

Children as children: A manifesto campaign to overcome stigma and stereotypes about children with…

UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds

England's child obesity rises 30% since 2006 among 10- and 11-year-olds

Significant decline in children's health in England - Ekklesia

'Children are suffering' due to long NHS surgery waits

Ten-minute brain scan could improve diagnosis for paediatric brain cancer - PharmaTimes

What does the General Election promise on Education? - IBB Law

5 UK schools have been nominated for World's Best School 2024

Send: Concern as councils expect £1bn special educational needs shortfall

The case for a revolution in education

Social Care and Education Newsletter

Gaza: 8,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition amid ongoing shelling

Global failure to prepare for pandemics 'gambling with children's future'

UNICEF USA BrandVoice: Malaria Vaccine Saves Children's Lives In Malawi

Number of children lacking routine immunisations three times higher in conflict zones than the rest…

PAHO and countries kick off the data collection process on Violence against Children and…

Out-of-school children and educational gaps cost the global economy $10,000 billion a year

New UNESCO global report highlights critical role of early childhood care and education

Out-of-school children and educational gaps cost the global economy $10,000 billion a year

By Joining Forces, East and Southern Africa Region - Education for all Children in Africa: The Time…

Reimagining early childhood education

Hope Starts Here effort works to boost early childhood education in Detroit

Researchers step up warnings about risks extreme heat poses to children - The Current

A father's love: the indispensable role of dads in child development - Central Wisconsin News

Conservatives confirm early years expansion plans in manifesto

'It is crippling our family': the devastating reality of Britain's childcare crisis

East and north London childcare provision makes us angry - parents

Childcare changes for parents: All you need to know in Labour's manifesto

Major expansion of childcare support | Edexec

Labour promises 100,000 extra child dental appointments

Places in council-run children's homes in England fall by third as private firms take over

The Guardian view on care failures: vulnerable children need homes, not court orders | Editorial

Parents Of Special Educational Needs Children Are Being Let Down By Lack Of Wraparound Childcare

The impossible childcare choices parents of disabled kids are forced to make

UNICEF warns children in Gaza risk "dying before their families' eyes" - Vatican News

Ahead of the Day of the African Child, UNICEF says African governments still not spending what they…

On the ground in Rafah: UNICEF reports 'lethal' lack of water, services

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Leads Efforts to Ensure Education for all Children in…

1,000 Days of Education Lost for Afghanistan's Girls

Child With Disabilities in Uruzgan Overcomes Obstacles to Gain Education

Mohammad Karim, 13

Scottish Tories back private nursery campaign over free childcare funding | The Independent

Children in UK getting shorter due to malnutrition in ‘national embarrassment’

This government is failing disabled children — here’s what you can do about it

16th June 2024: 78 new stories worldwide

Leading Scholars Call for Global Treaty on Free Education

Adolescents aged 14 and 15 years old represent largest proportion of children entering care in…

Campaigners issue judicial review challenge over closure of two "vital" children's centres in…

Trans Youth in the UK

'He is thriving now; a different child': the battle to educate neurodivergent pupils

Child sex abuse is all around us - and online it can start with legal porn | Sonia Sodha

'10,000 Nigerian children born with clubfoot yearly'

Children reading fewer, less challenging books, UK and Ireland study finds

Figures show children in poorer areas have lower access to funded childcare

Number of children and young people with SEND receiving support from councils reaches record high…

High Court dismisses challenge over confinement of free school meals in London to state-funded…

Rotherham: Funding guarantees holiday meals for children

Disruptive children will not be excluded from school, says London council

NextGov: What the next government should do for children's services | LocalGov

Analysis of children's needs delivers savings for councils

Twelve Leicester children's centres 'under threat' | LocalGov

Solving the price hike challenge

Council ordered to pay mum £4,550 after child with anxiety left without school

Practice and procedure in public law cases which originate in international movement of children…

Toilet training and high anxiety - how schools are changing

Labour pledges 100,000 new childcare places

Younger children in school year are more commonly diagnosed with ADHD than their older classmates…

Early Learning Coalition aims to help parents of young children

EdExplainer | Why early childhood education isn't 'day care'

Young children deserve the best start in life

Invest In the Early Years - UK

Lost Boys and Fairies: 'My husband and I cried like a baby watching it'

Early childhood education was largely missing from the budget, undermining other education spending

East Sussex: Head teacher urges parents to put their phones away

Our Children are Dying because of CAMHS Failures

'These kids deserve a future' - anti-knife crime group says

'These kids deserve a future' - anti-knife crime group says

Labour plans to ban under-16s buying high-caffeine energy drinks

School taxis cost Cambridgeshire County Council £25m in a year

Labour promises 100,000 extra child dental appointments

Record number of Jersey children enter engineering competition

Record 576,000 pupils have special needs support plan in England

All the Labour and Tory childcare pledges and how much they will cost

The missing link: Early childhood development in child protection humanitarian assistance - World

Presented with solutions to child protection crisis, Ford Conservatives insist on status quo

Health and Welfare takes steps to strengthen foster care, child welfare system.

Nearly 400 million young children worldwide regularly experience violent discipline at home …

Governor Justice supports changes to child protection steps; more may be coming

Prodded by fed up parents, some in Congress try to curb kids' use of social media * Iowa Capital…

Senate report says US taxpayers help fund residential treatment facilities that put vulnerable kids…

Infant mortality is rising and births are plummeting. This is the legacy of 14 years of Tory…

Fact Check: Mortality rates for UK's Covid-vaccinated children misleading

Almost 3,000 malnourished children at risk of "dying before their families' eyes" as Rafah…

The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy and childhood hospital admissions for asthma in England - Nature…

Jamie Oliver: I hope the winning party tackles child health and wins - Tortoise

Suicide-risk children refused places on NHS England waiting lists as services overwhelmed

Labour promises 100,000 extra child dental appointments

New paediatric blood test to prevent sudden death from hereditary heart condition - PharmaTimes

Deep-seated education inequalities and growing absence and mental health challenges await next…

Call for equal education funding for up to 18 years old in Jersey

Why UK government policies have failed to recruit enough teachers for years

Share of state school pupils going to Oxford University falls

Empowering Educators: 7th Pride in Education Conference on 4th July

Experts warn of serious health impacts from climate change for pregnant women, children, and older…

Israel is on the UN blacklist of countries that harm children, and justifiably so - Pearls and…

Understanding the impact of the microbiome on growing children

'Non-communicable diseases among top three causes of death for children aged 10-14 years'

Youngtrust Foundation, UNESCO intensify menstrual hygiene education in schools | Ghana News Agency

Are we doing better on child hunger? A sweeping UNICEF report weighs in

New UNICEF report reveals severe child food poverty amid world crises

1 in 4 children globally lives in severe child food poverty, UNICEF report says

Perryman: Child Care Challenges - Rio Grande Guardian

How CoComelon Captures Our Children's Attention

How the 'Right to Marry' Became a 'Right to Children'

UK's Conservatives pledge to restore child benefit for higher earners

Affluent areas in England have ‘highest levels’ of childcare access — analysis

New Constitutional Challenge to ICWA is Struck Down in Minnesota — The Imprint

New partner initiative launched to protect refugee children’s health — Devex

UK Election: Sunak Was Right, Education Is a Bright Spot in the Tories’ Record — Bloomberg

Farxiga approved in the US for the treatment of paediatric type-2 diabetes

Labour leader says child health in ‘terrible place’ in energy drink sales pledge

Jamie Oliver: I hope the winning party tackles child health and wins — Tortoise Media

Commonwealth Child Safe Framework [PDF]

9th June 2024

Children in Gaza experience physical injuries and deep trauma as children's limbs are amputated…

UK urged to admit 11 Gaza children hurt in the war for urgent treatment

Practitioners in Texas' Child Care Subsidy Program Describe How Policy Implementation Impacts…

Tailored Resources to Make a Sexual Health Curriculum More Inclusive of LGBTQ+ Youth - Child Trends

English pupil funding at same level as when Tories took power, study finds

CAMHS telling parents their child is anxious because they're Autistic is harmful!

Home schooling numbers rise in the South East

Ban Facial Recognition in Schools

Olly Murs visits families at Bridgwater children's charity

Dyslexia workshops help support Gloucestershire teachers

Southwark: Secondary school heads urge delay in smartphone use

New Hampshire lawmakers negotiate over language in child protection bill

County will assess its child protection

Mothers in treatment for opioid use disorder shouldn't also have to fight child protective services

Dyslexia workshops help support Gloucestershire teachers

Girl, 7, from near Newcastle-under-Lyme left waiting for wheelchair

Colorado Springs family sues D20 for denying child's special needs accommodations

Special education clash at Supreme Court: Why one dad is asking to record school meetings

Judge blocks children with disabilities from reviewing Catholic school records

Your support is helping to transform child health

Three more babies die of whooping cough as cases surge

NEWS: Clean air crucial for London schools | Edexec

Strange Discovery Suggests Children Trust Robots Over Humans

Did pandemic lockdowns stunt kids' immune systems long-term?

Children's visual experience may hold key to better computer vision training

Scientists identify genetic cause of rare, life-threatening immunodeficiency disorders in children

Best Life: The Father Effect: Science Behind Dads' Impact on Children

Education strike talks with unions were positive - Paul Givan

School holidays Wales: Shelved plan described as a 'waste of time'

Home education: More Jersey children being taught at home - BBC News

No growth in school spending over 14 years is 'historically unusual' - IFS

Shepshed school expansion set back by delayed consultation - BBC News

Call for equal education funding for up to 18 years old in Jersey - BBC News

Johnson & Johnson seeks approvals for paediatric HIV-1 therapy

The rise of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in India

First paediatric liver resection surgery performed in Guyana

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Sudan's children trapped in critical malnutrition crisis, warn UN agencies

Gavi Urges Countries To Prioritize Zero-Dose Children At World Health Assembly - Health Policy…

Situation Dire for Children Under Attack in Gaza

Lilly, UNICEF expand support to help millions of young people at risk of noncommunicable diseases |…

'Remember the children', minister urges concerted action on malaria

USAID and UNICEF Join Forces to Call for More Action to Prevent Maternal and Child Exposure to…

Election winners face painful school cash choices, says IFS

UNICEF Annual Report 2023

Saving children's lives with oxygen

UNICEF extends aid to children in Afghanistan affected by flash floods

Sarah Mackenzie: Why schools should learn from early years

Early Learning Coalition relaunches to assist parents of young children

Young Kids Are Struggling With Skills Like Listening, Sharing, and Using Scissors

University of Oklahoma to Evaluate $36M Federal Grant to Strengthen State's Early Childhood Systems

Health & Wellbeing: Exploring the importance of early adult-child relationships

Nurturing the Mental Health of Young Children - Lake Chelan Mirror

3-year-old preschool to lead early years reform giving South Australian children a flying start

How early intervention supports children's language development

Invitation: Webinar on Reading Materials for Younger and Older Children Aligned with "Levelling…

Azerbaijan at UNESCO highlights pivotal role of youth in global climate negotiations

Digital dilemma: Weighing reward and risk to our kids - The Gisborne Herald

Save the Children and NORAD to improve children's wellbeing and access to education across Ukraine…

PM urges parents to mind children's school routines

One Facebook Ad Promotes a For-Profit College; Another a State School. Which Ad Do Black Users See?

For Decades, Officials Knew a School Sat on a Former Dump - and Did Little to Clean Up the Toxins

New Evidence Found for Stone Age Children, Thought Lost to Time

Revealed: Tories accused of neglect as children’s critical care units run out of beds

Child Welfare Is Built On a Bad Foundation — The Imprint

2nd June 2024

Children in Sudan face hunger, disease in civil war

More children not going to primary school in Coventry - report

Coventry children in care sent hundreds of miles away from city

Tax online giants to help kids' mental health, say Lib Dems

Keep Kids Safe

Justices rule against child welfare division in case over parental fitness * New Jersey Monitor

Opinion | Foster Care and Child Welfare

KOSA, Congress's online child safety bill, explained

Transparency: Protecting children requires accountability

New law aims to remedy failures in Vt. child protection system

Child protection

No Disabled Child Left Behind (SSIR)

The Dads Who Adopted a Nonverbal 7-Year-Old With Autism

Neurodivergent Kids Flourish When They're Taught How Their Brains Work

Families with disabled children 'struggling to survive' in cost-of-living crisis

How schools can help children eat well and be active

Private prescriptions of puberty blockers for children to be banned

UK denies medical treatment to critically injured children from Gaza

UK First as new NHS study of digital 'smart inhalers' for children with asthma starts in Leicester…

Lib Dems warn 330k kids waiting for mental health support

NHS could have saved life of boy who died from sepsis, coroner rules

Health for all Children

Child Trends Hackathon Applies AI to Products That Advance Child Well-being - Child Trends

'Locked up far from my family': The teens in care detained by law

Angelsey: Primary school with only nine pupils to close

The sorry story of children in care in England

Urgent need for foster carers across East of England

MacAlister: Not enough has changed on children's social care | LocalGov

Bill to end profit from children's care placements in Wales published

Hole found in baby's heart during trip to A&E for lip blister

Cheshire: Fight for son's school place 'a nightmare' - mum

Call to redesign paediatric wards to help youngsters with mental health problems

Royal College of Nursing responds to call to redesign paediatric wards to help youngsters with…

Admissions to paediatric critical care units up 14%, report finds | Meath Chronicle

Children's oral health is everybody's business - we all have a part to play - British Dental…

Paediatric operating room in Kenyan refugee camp officially opens

Families of sick children left in limbo as key paediatric service has been halted - Latest From ITV…

New Hull scheme aims to tackle school truancy increase

How AI is impacting education in the South East - BBC News

Investing in Prenatal-to-Three (PN-3) System Change in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - Child…

Call for experts: Technical Advisory Group on Violence against Children Prevalence Estimation

Tobacco and nicotine industry tactics addict youth for life

WHO report reveals major health disparities between European teens

Global Child Deaths Hit Historic Lows, But More Leadership Needed

At long last, lead poisoning of kids is emerging as a priority on the world scene

Pediatric medical societies take issue with WHO guidance on cow's milk

E-Cigarettes: Deadly Trap For Kids, Says World Health Organization Report, Slamming Tobacco…

UNICEF in Panama

UNICEF and KOICA ink US$39 million deal to provide children with climate-smart services

Protecting Benin's Children From Polio

Surmounting Challenges to Get Lifesaving Supplies to Haiti's Children

Tackling gender inequality in a climate-changed world

Acutely Malnourished Children in Sudan Need Urgent Support

Access to Mental Health Services for Children Begins Locally: Advocates Can Help

UNICEF addressing child trauma and displacement in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Cyclone Emergency in Bangladesh: UNICEF Is There

Children are our future: Keeping a focus on child survival - UNICEF DATA

Children struggling at school entry more likely to face disadvantage at age 16-17

Babbling babies may be warming up for speech, say scientists

What Brain Science Says About How to Better Teach Teenagers - EdSurge News

Study suggests children are often exposed to problematic click bait during YouTube searches

Kids are still struggling with science at school, how do we improve? - ABC listen

Child tooth decay improving in Guernsey but more to do - dentists

Day care, baby supplies, counseling: Inside a school for pregnant and parenting teens

No space to crawl, play or use a potty: why are thousands of young children living in B&Bs? |…

COVID-19 Had Limited Developmental Impact on Young Children | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima

School attendance: Mental health problems behind absenteeism, pupils say

UNESCO spotlights children's health and well-being through primary education

What you need to know about Building strong foundations

AU, UNESCO seek action on 100 million out-of-school children - Daily Trust

The Ministry of Education, the European Union, UNESCO, and UNICEF launch ITALEEM

UN agencies launch initiative to support children's education, health in Zambia

SEVENTEEN joins forces with UNESCO in education initiative for 9th year celebration | K-pop Movie…

Photos: Palestinian children draw memories of bombed historical buildings

Children & Young People Bulletin: May 2024

Childcare: Northern Ireland subsidy a "start but hardly enough"

Support parents who choose to care for their children at home | Letter

The sorry story of children in care in England

Toddlers 'sold out' to balance books of childcare bill, English nursery providers say

Monetising children in care is morally bankrupt | Letters

Council leads national call for action over care placements for children - Coventry City Council

Free early learning and childcare for eligible two-year-olds - Scottish Borders Council

BBC presenter kicked off Turkey flight over daughter's allergy

Children to be prescribed activities like gardening in project to combat loneliness

Science Update: Cerebral palsy increased among extremely preterm infants from 2008 to 2019…

Why young scientists want you to care about 'scary' species

Rigid Approach Has Sucked The Joy Out Of Learning To Read, Experts Say

Parents Underestimate the Privacy Risks Kids Face in Virtual Reality | Duke Today

Online dashboard to help save children from dangerous diarrheal diseases

Muddling: How ad hoc childcare became the new normal for stressed parents like me

Accelerating Progress Towards SDG4: Stocktake of Transformative Actions in Education

UNESCO, UNICEF Urge Robust Health Foundations in Primary Schools | Mirage News

Councils in England assessed on support for looked after children and care leavers

When a School Fails to Protect Your Child From Bullying — WSJ

27th May 2024

A social media ban won't keep my teenagers safe - it just takes away the place they love | Anna…

70 years after landmark court ruling, US schools still segregated

MK mental health youth support sessions double each month

Therapy dogs help children overcome reading anxiety in California - WSVN 7News | Miami News…

Royal children would not be exempt from Sunak's national service plan

Republican Tim Scott falsely claims Biden policy resegregates public schools

Overseas schools given 'British' accreditation despite anti-equality curriculum

A social media ban won't keep my teenagers safe - it just takes away the place they love | Anna…

More than 300m children victims of online sexual abuse every year

NHS England spent £4.1bn over 11 years settling lawsuits over brain-damaged babies

Uvalde school shooting: Families of victims sue Meta, Call Of Duty makers and gun company

India: Newborn babies killed in fire at hospital in Delhi after 'chain of explosions'

CAMHS: A legacy of pain

Army backtracks on teen rejected over breast-cancer gene

Mother of Jools Sweeney, 14, who took his own life is fighting social media companies for his…

Peterborough teenager gets all clear from ovarian cancer

Judge orders child to see mum accused of sex abuse

School funding: Pembrokeshire head teacher takes on caretaker job

California "Child Welfare" Investigations 101

Minnesota lawmakers start to fix child protection system flaws

Child advocate says amended bill on out-of-state placements undermines child protection laws

Governor Glenn Youngkin signs legislation protecting children from exploitation, missing child…

Walz signs foster care bill that could set precedent

Ofsted: Surrey County Council's children's services improving

Protecting Kids Online with a National Data Privacy Standard

Child poverty and social protection

Faculty member fights to advocate for child protection, starting in the classroom

CARE TO CRIMINALIZATION: HOW ADULTS WITH LIVED CROSSOVER KID EXPERIENCE PERCIEVE THEIR EXPERIENCES…

Parents of disabled children sue Indiana over Medicaid changes addressing $1 billion shortfall

Disabled Kids Are All But Erased In TV And Film. Here's How We're Fixing That.

Mothers question training after disabled kids suffer in hot bus without AC

Opinion: I fear for my disabled daughter. Her services may be stopped due to lost state funding.

What Pearl S. Buck's Memoir Can Teach Parents of Disabled Children

Sisters want Auditory Verbal Therapy available on NHS

Dylan Cope: Boy died of sepsis after doctors missed GP note

Poverty Matters for Children's Well-being, but Good Policy Can Help - Child Trends

Frequent Moves May Hurt Mothers' Health - Child Trends

Seven Dimensions of Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Youth - Activate Center

Epidural in labour can reduce risk of serious complications by 35%, study finds

Private school tax-break idea is a non-starter | Letter

British children among world's worst for exercise and healthy eating

St Albans school heads call for under-14s smartphone ban

MPs Have Struggled To Secure Childcare Places At Parliament Nursery

Parents could save hundreds on childcare thanks to little-known scheme

Social Care and Education Newsletter

'Scary': public-school textbooks the latest target as US book bans intensify

More than 550 suspected child predators arrested in last year by Grooming Gangs Taskforce

West Northants Council pays £5.4k for girl who missed school

EHCP: Councils missing education plan deadlines for children with complex needs

Wirral: £23,000 paid to SEND children failed by council

Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents

Measures aimed at preventing children from missing school clear the Commons

Changes to children's social care in England accredited official statistics

Council served with improvement notice after families 'pushed to limits'

Council leads national call for action over care placements for children - Coventry City Council

Covid inquiry investigating impact on children and young people

Health alert over 37% of children's meals - including Bella and GBK

Parents urged to vaccinate children after London measles outbreak

Welsh Royal Colleges unite to tackle child health crisis

Stress workshop in UK schools significantly improves mental health of teenagers

Whooping cough: Vaccine expert 'very worried' by whooping cough deaths

Child Health Foundation | Saving the greatest number of children's lives at the lowest possible…

Baby Chace is hospitalised regularly due to a recurring illness but has to wait months to see a…

Wolverhampton's 'exceptional' Paediatric Virtual Ward has celebrated its 1,000th referral

Staffing for Maternal and Paediatric Hospital under discussion - Stabroek News

Tiny teeth in terrified tots - what is the global prevalence of paediatric dental fear and anxiety…

New RSHE guidance: What it means for sex education lessons in schools

Teachers in England stretched by pupils' mental and family problems, MPs say

Don't talk about gender identity, UK government tells schools

UK free school meal allowances too low for healthy lunches, study finds

Education Secretary speech at Education World Forum 2024

Mentally unwell children put through ‘torture’ on wrong NHS wards, watchdog warns

UK Gov Sets Age Restrictions for Child RSHE Protection — Mirage News

Children should have sex education from the age of three, says Everyday Sexism founder | The Independent

Children’s rights must be on the menu as school lunches are reviewed

The Press

22nd May 2024

Health: Urgent action call on 'grim' state of child wellbeing

How can countries deal with falling birth rates?

This School for Autistic Youth Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight, and…

Invest in childhood to unlock £45.5bn a year, says Princess of Wales's taskforce

Full Fact secures measles correction from NHS England - Full Fact

Adoption: Calls for families to adopt amid rate decline

Covid inquiry investigating impact on children and young people

Labour's real plan for private schools is far more destructive than a tax raid

'Meet Baby Olivia': spate of new bills would require showing anti-abortion video in schools

Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO - April…

World Health Organization finds adolescent use of alcohol a concerning trend

New vaccine prequalified by World Health Organization for mosquito-spread dengue virus

Health expert fears vaccine theories affecting uptake

Experiences and Innovative Strategies to Protect Children and Youth from Tobacco Marketing

Lao PDR and partners commence nationwide measles and rubella vaccination campaign

Crisis in Haiti: 'I Thought It Was the End for Me'

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Adele Khodr, on…

UNICEF in Uganda

UNICEF-Supported Community Volunteers Help Families Hit Hard by Cholera in Zambia

The Importance of High-Quality Early Childhood Education for Children and the Economy

Study finds uncertainty with long-term benefits of preschool

Establishing a Right to Early Education: Part Three of a Four-Part Series

Time to get honest about the child care crisis * Wisconsin Examiner

Cities and towns provide kindergarten. They soon might fund child-care services for toddlers and…

Kate Middleton Is "Excited" About a New Development in Her Early Years Work

4 Major Domains of Child Development

Gaza: more than 1,500 children reached by UNESCO's mental health and psychosocial support

UNICEF, KOICA ink US$39 mln grant deal to help children in Pacific, African countries | Yonhap News…

Over 100 tablets with literacy app gifted to 23 schools | Loop Jamaica

Experts commend China's role in advancing quality education in Africa

4 ways CAMHS failed me as an Autistic teen

Teachers speak of 'fear' at Astrea schools in Cambridgeshire

Calls on government to publish a National Maternity Improvement Strategy welcomed by Leigh Day |…

How can a child in care cost £281,000 a year? Ask the wealth funds that have councils over a barrel…

Children in care: Wales to remove profit from foster and residential services

Children in care: Wales to remove profit from foster and residential services

Coventry children in care sent hundreds of miles away from city

Childcare For Shift Workers Is Pretty Nonexistent. So I Quit To Offer It

Little-known rules could leave parents missing out on free childcare

The two-child benefit cap in the UK is unfair and doesn't work | Martyn Snow, bishop of Leicester

8 Issues With The Government's New Childcare Policy: Explained

Warwick: Pupils evacuated over threat to Myton School

Nursery deputy manager guilty of manslaughter over death of baby strapped to bean bag

Thornbury SEND school to close due to financial difficulties

More family hubs open in Liverpool to support teenagers

Huge fall in apprenticeships under 'broken' levy

CAMHS and the children who "won't engage"

Crawley urgent care centre should be open 24/7 - residents

Voters want Labour to promise to scrap two-child benefit limit, poll suggests

Dope Black Dads: dispelling myths and biases about Black fathers - a photo essay

Healthy Start Scheme — The House of Commons Library

Childcare workforce in England — The House of Commons Library

Trajectories of early childhood development in children experiencing homelessness

Religious beliefs and laws taking stances on surrogacy and IVF — Spectrum News

Highlights from the first-ever violence against children and youth survey conducted …

Herpes combined with vaccine could be breakthrough cure for childhood brain cancer

18th May 2024

Special Feature

The Sex Education In Schools Debate

Main News below

Matt Cartoon Daily Telegraph May 2024

I’m raising my kids in Denmark — this is how they handle sex education here

I had to sign a virginity pledge at school

Sex education isn’t always just about sex, so let kids learn it

Sex education is now just another political football. For the children’s sake, the adults must grow…

As a parent, I know teachers are best placed to teach sex education

Age curbs on sex education topics risk making some children vulnerable

RSHE and RSE: What do children learn in sex education?

Plan to ban sex education for children under nine

Curbs on sex education use pupils as ‘political football’, school leaders say

UK probes education software firm ESS for alleged anti-competitive behaviour

Sex education is for life, not just for school

UK sex education, the reality: children are viewing pornography as young as 8

Backlash over Rishi Sunak’s ‘irresponsible’ plans to ban sex education for children under 9

cartoon in The Times May 2024

No real good can come from telling our kids their phones cause them anxiety

School’s new rules are so strict ’30 have been suspended and 40 have quit’

Deputy head ‘told pupils about incorrect answers on Sats tests’

Neil Foden: Head teacher guilty of sex abuse of girls

UK private schools entering ‘watershed moment’ after fees rise 8%

Dalry secondary school running costs near £50,000 per pupil

Raac concern parents take pupils out of Gatehouse Primary school

Teachers in England stretched by pupils’ mental and family problems, MPs say

EHCP: Children miss out on support as councils fail to meet care plan deadlines

Birth trauma: Top midwife slams ‘wholly insufficient’ progress two years after key report

Air pollution and children’s health — let’s protect our future generation with improved ambient air…

After a child’s death, California weighs rules for physical education during extreme weather

Save the Children NZ: Children & young people must be at the heart of new mental health legislation

Brighton council: Mother wins £1,600 payout in tuition row

Vulnerable children in England ‘safer at school’ than being educated at home

Government expands support for pupils with SEND

Calls for more investment to help children amid record number of kids in care

Consultation launched ahead of potential changes to city’s children’s centres

Sudan: Bomb kills two children and puts El Fasher hospital out of action amid fighting | MSF

First meeting of the Paediatric Spinal Taskforce held on 2 May 2024

At the forefront of the hunger crisis in the DRC — A paediatric nurse’s account — Democratic…

IQ-AI subsidiary gets rare paediatric disease designation FDA

13 May 2024 — The Education Hub

EU probes Facebook, Instagram over child protection

Disabled Kids Are All But Erased In TV And Film. Here’s How We’re Fixing That.

Why children with disabilities are missing school and losing skills

Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child — Podcast Ep 138

5 myths about disability mothering

ACS took or diverted funds from disabled, orphaned NYC children. Where’s the money now?

Clinic Halts Deportation of Disabled Child’s Mother

Whooping cough: Cases up again as five infant deaths reported

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