Children

‘They put a few coins in your hands to drop a baby in you’ – 265 stories of Haitian children abandoned by UN fathers 0
- BUSINESS
- December 18, 2019
Marie* was 14 years old and enrolled in a Christian school when she met and became involved with Miguel, a Brazilian soldier working in Haiti as a UN peacekeeper. When she told him that she was pregnant with his baby, Miguel said he would help her with the child. But instead, he returned to Brazil.
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Parents who split before children are six put them at greatest risk of unhappiness, study finds 0
- BUSINESS
- December 5, 2019
Parents who split before their children are six years old put youngsters at greater risk of being bullied, feeling lonely and being unhappy at school, a study suggests. Danish researchers who analysed answers given by 219,000 children in the National Well-being Questionnaire, found that those whose parents separated when they were aged two to five
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Modern children give their verdict on toys their grandparents played with 0
- BUSINESS
- November 28, 2019
It’s not like Netflix, there’s no FaceTime! Modern children give their verdict on toys their grandparents played with – including stereoscope and plastic telephone Panel of youngsters were given the old-style presents to test out and play with Were less than impressed and often struggled to understand how they worked Comes as study revealed grandparents
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Blast Damaged Children – World Extreme Medicine 0
- HEALTH
- November 28, 2019
One in six children in the world live in a conflict zones and are seven times more likely to die from blast injuries than adults involved in fighting* Hundreds of CT scans from war zones made newly available Improved knowledge sharing – better coordination and joined-up thinking announced Dr Michael von Bertele, of the Paediatric
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Nearly 700 children identified as being at risk of domestic violence every day, figures show 0
- BUSINESS
- November 21, 2019
Nearly 700 children are identified as being at risk of domestic violence every day, according to new research which has prompted urgent concerns about the quality of support for these young people. An analysis of data by Action for Children shows there are on average 692 assessments carried out by children’s social services every day
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Latest election updates as PM rambles about Anthony Gormley to school children 0
- BUSINESS
- November 8, 2019
Boris Johnson news live: Latest election updates as PM rambles about Anthony Gormley to school children LiveUpdated Friday 8 November 2019 13:27 Boris Johnson has been criticised for a rambling speech in Northern Ireland during which he claimed there would be no checks on goods coming into Great Britain under his Brexit deal – contradicting
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