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9 months, 1 week ago

Children's mental health 'crisis' with one in 12 needing help last year amid surging demand, report warns

Soaring demand has plunged children’s mental healthcare into ‘crisis’ with one in 12 kids referred for help last year, a damning report reveals. Many children are forced to wait for care with the demand for support outstripping the availability of help, the report warns It shows nearly one million children and young people – 949,200 – were referred to Children …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Mary Poppins' And The Parental Guidance Dilemma

Huff Post

Many young people are aware of and desire conversation around sensitive topics, as seen in the Oscar-nominated documentary, "The ABCs of Book Banning." As evident in “The ABCs of Book Banning,” children are more aware of — and, in many cases, more directly impacted by — the world around them than they’re given credit for. In "The ABCs of Book …

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1 year ago

And so to bed: Your gift of a good night’s sleep for 500 children

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Bex Wilson, a teacher who founded Zarach after witnessing bed …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Why should freebies be opposed?

Deccan Chronicle

A news story in a Tamil newspaper caused a flutter last week. Hastening to answer these two questions that the debates on social media threw up and the criticism of some politicians raised in other forums, too, I would say ‘no.’ Giveaways, gifts, free lunches and compliments are part of human civilization and sloth among people cannot be blamed on …

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1 year, 7 months ago

100 days after the quakes, Turkey’s children are still suffering

Al Jazeera

We are witnessing an epidemic of distress, bullying and self harm among children in provinces devastated by the February 6 disaster. Aside from the seemingly endless piles of rubble, the cries of people suffering unspeakable loss, and the heroic search and rescue efforts, one thing I know I will never be able to forget from those early days is the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Children orphaned by the quake in Turkey and Syria face an uncertain future

CNN

CNN — A baby began her life surrounded by chaos and devastation this week. “Every effort should be made to reunify children with their families when suitable, if such reunification is in their best interest.” Similarly, 3-year-old Tariq Haidar was pulled alive from the wreckage of his home in Jandaris, northern Syria, 42 hours after the earthquake struck, Reuters news …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Why your children need a swing set

Live Mint

Remember the swing in your school or your backyard? Even an hour spent on the swing every day is old-school play at its best — it is not only a great way to solve summer boredom and a move away from purely structured play, but swinging has many physical, mental, and sensorial benefits. They can even be fashioned out of …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Most young children will be unvaccinated when they return to school during Omicron outbreak, experts warn

ABC

Educators are bracing for another "extremely difficult" year as many students return to school without sufficient protection against COVID. Key points: The Department of Health says children will have the opportunity to get vaccinated before school, but experts say it can take weeks to build up immunity The Australian Primary Principals Association says the sector will face severe staff shortages, …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Why you should vaccinate your 5-to-11-year-old

CNN

Editor’s Note: Sean T. O’Leary, MD, MPH, is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado and serves as the vice chair of the Committee on Infectious Diseases for the American Academy of Pediatrics. CNN — On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in …

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3 years, 2 months ago

What Every Parent Needs To Know About Kids And Suicidal Thoughts

Huff Post

Plan Shoot / Imazins via Getty Images Suicidal ideation in children is more common than you may realize. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Children’s Hospital Association issued a joint statement this week to warn of “soaring rates of mental health challenges” among children, teens and their parents during the COVID-19 …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Locked out: Emergency report on school education*

The Hindu

PRIMARY AND UPPER-PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN India have been closed for a full 17 months—more than 500 days! Fiction of online education The SCHOOL survey makes it clear that the reach of online education is very limited: the proportion of SCHOOL children who were studying online “regularly” was just 24 per cent and 8 per cent in urban and rural areas …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Pokémon: The Japanese game that went viral

BBC

Pokémon: The Japanese game that went viral Alamy The Pokémon movie franchise was part of the game's global popularity The Japanese game became symbolic of how an entire generation lost the art of playing outdoors. When Pokémon: The First Movie debuted in US theatres on a weekday in 1999, so many children played truant from school to see it that …

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