Abortions in US at 30-year Low

The rate of abortions in the US is considerably lower than it was 30 years ago, having fallen 33% between 1974 and 2004.  The Guttmacher Institute report also found significant trends throughout the course of...

Africa's children chores made lighter means a better life.

According to a study in rural areas in South Africa surveying 1,052 children in 366 households, water carrying ranked as the most time-consuming of household chores for children.In average, a child spent just under...

5 Good Reasons You Should Encourage Your Kids to Cook at an Early Age

News article after article in the news shares grim statistics about the widening waistlines and related health problems of today’s youth. Could one of the best (and most rewarding) remedies for these serious...

Ahmad Speaks Out About Rape and Molestation

As a child Ahmad was unable to express his feelings about the different events and people that had affected his life in a negative way. He merely kept quiet and continued to live his life not knowing that taking this route would cause him to become a very dysfunctional adult....

Sickened Milk Scandal Victims May Top 90,000 in China

Though the Chinese government has refused to release new figures as to how many children fell ill as a result of the melamine tainted milk scandal, investigation into local media shows that the number may be in the 90,000's - a figure that is nearly double what officials...

MPs to vote on smacking ban in UK

The UK parliament is today to consider a measure to ban hitting children as punishment. The bill would give children the same protection against physical assault as adults, eliminating the defense for parents of "reasonable punishment," which allows physical assault against...

LA man shoots family and then himself

"A Los Angeles man who was beset with financial worries after having trouble finding work has shot dead his wife, three children and mother-in-law before turning the gun on himself."I don't know anymore about this story than you do. That it is reminiscent of the suicidal...

No Cold Meds for Kids Under 4: Drug Companies Step Up

Drug companies who produce over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medicines for children announced Tuesday that they would be supplying warning labels on all products advising against children under 4 from using the...

China Withholds Number of Kids Sickened by Melamine

China has refused to release updated statistics of the total number of children sickened by the melamine-tainted milk scandal in a clear move to censor media coverage of the country's failed dairy industry and...

Park to Interrogate Adults Entering Without Children

This is quite odd, but it does somehow make sense. So their plan of attack on pedophiles is to confront any adults who enter the park without a children. Therefore they have made the Telford Town Park a park strictly...

Get 2 1/2 hours of exercise per week, U.S. says

" Adults should aim to get in 2 1/2 hours of exercise a week and children should run and play for at least an hour a day, according to new exercise guidelines issued by the U.S. government on Tuesday. The...

Hamsters, lizards and hedgehogs not allowed for kids younger than five

Now parents have an official scientific excuse to say “no” to their children’s pleas to get them a hamster or an amphibian. The Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics has released a report stating...

It's all child's play ... kids help build 30m Lego tower that's a record breaker

"Hundreds of children will help build the tallest record tower in history this week which will eventually stand 30m tall and weigh 1.5 tonnes.The tower, behind the city hall in Vienna, will beat the previous world...

China's Toxic Milk Update: More Recalls and Bans

The milk scandal in China continues to worsen: nearly 60,000 children have been affected, numerous people have been arrested and some face death if convicted, countries are banning the import of Chinese milk...

Pakistani Schoolchildren make History for the Rights of the Disabled

After a year-long campaign spearheaded by the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights run in schools to not only put pressure on the government to become a signatory of the United Nation's Convention for the...

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