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No screen time for babies and limit use for toddlers, warns WHO

Children under five should spend less time sitting watching screens and play more if they are to grow up healthy, according to new guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).

USA

A world too hot and dangerous for children? Some millennials think so

"I had this internal struggle: 'Do I really want to bring a child into this world?'" a Seattle 29-year-old said.

USA

Why do children misbehave and act out?

Here are some common (and not so common) ways parents can deal with everything from tantrums to meltdowns.

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Three-parent babies: How are they possible and is it ethical?

"It shouldn't be done. Particularly in an unregulated way with no proper scientific oversight," Tim Child, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, told Euronews.

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Climate change: schoolchildren findings from 100 years ago resurface

In 1896, thousands of Nova Scotia schoolchildren began reporting their findings in nature as they walked to and from school.

USA

Baby sleepers recalled in US after infant deaths

Over thirty infant deaths have been linked to the use of the product.

France

Union blasts 'pee on a policeman' lyrics for 'inciting terrorism'

The song tells the story of a child who would do anything to not go to school.

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Duchess of Cambridge visits Scouts' headquarters in London

The Duchess of Cambridge met with Scouts Thursday (28 MARCH 2019) on a trip to The Scout Association's leafy headquarters in Gilwell Park, North East London.

Denmark

Denmark plans to deprive jihadists' children of their citizenship

It's an issue that is a major headache for other countries in Europe, too.

World

Warding off famine in drought-prone Madagascar with EU aid

In partnership with The European Commission

Madagascar is in the grip of harsh climate change and after five years of extreme drought in the south it's now enduring a chronic food crisis.

World

How are mothers in Jordan countering stigma towards children with disabilities?

A new Jordanian cartoon, Team Hero is unique in the region. Unlike other comics, one of the main protagonists, Waseem, is Autistic. The episodes educate children on diversity and inclusion.

USA

Melania Trump shares birthday tribute as Barron turns 13

First lady Melania Trump marked her son's milestone birthday on social media.

France

France repatriates five young children from camps in Syria

Five children were repatriated to France from camps in Northern Syria on Friday, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement

USA

Teacher cut a 'Dumb and Dumber' haircut on student for violating the dress code

The school said the length of the teen's bangs violated student dress guidelines.

USA

World's tiniest baby boy has grown enough to go home

While he weighed less than 10 ounces at birth, this tiny baby now weighs 7 pounds and can go home with his family.

United Kingdom

Boy, 16, found guilty of rape and murder of girl, six

The girl, Alesha MacPhail, was killed on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, last July.

World

Malian refugees in Mauritania: education in an emergency context

In partnership with The European Commission

Aid Zone travels to the Mbera refugee camp in Mauritania to see what is being done to educate the refugee minors from Mali in order to protect them from early forced marriage and child labour.

USA

Authorities are warning parents about '48-Hour Challenge'

"We don't know that anyone is doing it yet and but we saw it out there and we wanted to present it to parents," police in Indiana said.

United Kingdom

Does this girl’s climate tears sum up the feelings of a generation?

This is the moment an emotional 11-year-old girl broke down in tears during a climate change rally.

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French schools could replace 'mother and father' with 'parent 1 and 2'

A children's guardians could no longer be labelled “mother” and “father” on official French school documents, but “parent 1” and “parent 2”.