Linda McMahon's background -- in both education and as a co-founder of sports entertainment company World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. -- has come under scrutiny since President-elect Donald Trump named her as his pick to lead the Department of...
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Diagnoses ofchildren with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) have surged in the United States over the last several years, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thestudy, which ex...
More than 60 children have been taken to hospital in Jamaica after eating sweets containing cannabis, the country's education minister said. Fayval Williams wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the primary school pupils were from the St Ann...
The Queen has urged world leaders at the COP26 climate summit to "achieve true statesmanship" and create a "safer, stabler future" for the planet. In a video message, she said many people hoped the "time ...
Online gamers under the age of 18 will only be allowed to play for an hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays, China's video game regulator has said. The National Press and Publication Administration told state-run news agency Xin...
Concerns grow for children as COVID-19 cases soar...
Surge in COVID-19 cases sparks debate on growing risk for children...
The authorities in north-west Nigeria say they have freed 100 women and children - mainly mothers nursing infants - who were seized by bandits. The group were abducted on 8 June in Zamfara state. Four people were also killed duri...
China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit wh...
With input from headteachers, a child psychologist and a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, this digital book isfree to download(publishers Nosy Crow request that donations be made to the UK’s...
Nearly three-quarters of the world's hazelnuts come from Turkey and the biggest buyer is Ferrero, maker of Nutella, the chocolate and hazelnut spread. But the nuts are picked mainly by migrants, including children, who work long hours for ver...
Why was the math book sad? Because it had so many problems. ...
At least 53 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping and entertainment complex in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo. As many as 41 children may be among the victims, officials say, and more than 10 are listed as missin...
Princess Kate voices powerful PSA on children's mental health...
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Saying that parents are the most important influence on their children is like saying that the sky is blue or the ocean is vast—we all know it. So it isn’t surprising that independent research has shown time and again that while f...
Photo essay: Where children sleep ByLiz Goodwin|The Lookout– \\\\"I found myself thinking about my bedroom: how significant it was during my childhood, and how it reflected what I had and who I was,\\\\"...
The mothers of two 14-year-old girls who killed themselves in a suicide pact spoke to TODAY's Matt Lauer about their heartbreak today, saying their daughters had been victims of cyberbullying and suffered from depression -- but they never expected a...