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Investment Ideas for Kids: Starting Them Early
As a parent, you may be looking for ways to help your child learn about managing money and building wealth. Investing is a great way to do this. With time and planning, your kids could be well on their way to financial security and independence.
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British 5-year-old publishes book, earns world record
A 5-year-old British girl earned a Guinness World Record when she published a book that she wrote and illustrated. Guinness World Records confirmed Bella Jay Dark earned the record for youngest person to publish a book (female) when her book, The Lost Cat, sold more than 1,000 copies, the minimum set by the record-keeping organization.
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Why can’t we remember being born or our first words?
What scientists know about "infantile amnesia."
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The cult of Bluey: how a kids’ cartoon became a bible for modern parenting
Ryan Gosling and Natalie Portman adore it, critics rave about it and a podcast dissects every episode: why does a series about a six-year-old dog and her family inspire so much devotion among grown-ups?
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Fatherless sons have more testosterone
This has implications for paternal care
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How I Wrote, Illustrated And Printed A Children’ Book
This is the first children’s book I have written and illustrated, titled Amelia the Chameleon. Read about the journey from concept to print.
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Frenzy won't stop kids from reading 'contraband.' They will just get creative.
From graphic novels to fiction to autobiographies, there seems to be a war on books, with bans and challenges becoming increasingly more common.
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It’s ‘Alarming’: Children Are Severely Behind in Reading
The fallout from the pandemic is just being felt. “We’re in new territory,” educators say.
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President Biden wants to ban advertising targeted toward kids
In his first State of the Union address, President Biden has asked Congress to implement new laws to increase child safety on Facebook, TikTok and other social media platforms. "It's time to strengthen privacy protections, ban targeted advertising to children, demand tech companies stop collecting personal data on our children," he said on Tuesday evening.
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The Long-Haul Breastfeeders of COVID
Desperate for a little extra pandemic protection, some women are nursing their kids much later than they ever imagined they would.
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Inside America’s controversial ‘troubled teen’ wilderness therapy camps
Wilderness therapy purports to help teens heal from trauma, overcome behavioural problems and ‘find their true selves’ by embedding with nature. But for many like Kyra Frankowski, this therapy had the exact opposite effect. Megan Sheets writes
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Wolves Are Still the Bad Guys in Children’s Media. Let’s Change That.
By portraying predators as villains, we are influencing how our children perceive the natural world
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What Children Lose When Their Brains Develop Too Fast
Adverse early experiences can make young minds inflexible, while a carefree childhood has clear cognitive benefits.
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Facebook still won’t give up Instagram for Kids
Even under serious political pressure, the company insists its products aren’t inherently harmful for young users.
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5 Simple Ways to Introduce Your Kids to Environmentalism
It’s no secret that our planet is in trouble. The pollution, environmental carnage and global warming are not only a big deal but they are our big deal. The human race has spent hundreds of years evolving into a mindless species that forgot where we came from. Instead of tending to the earth, living with her harmoniously and putting her health first, we are essentially destroying our life source. Where do we go when the earth is no longer an option?
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The number of young children with lead poisoning may be about to more than double
The CDC has unveiled a stringent new standard that's expected to bring the number of children ages 1 to 5 considered to have high blood lead levels from about 200,000 to about 500,000.
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Whistleblower: Facebook's response to child abuse 'inadequate'
A former Facebook employee has told US authorities the company's efforts to remove child abuse material from the platform were "inadequate" and "under-resourced". The allegations are contained in documents seen by BBC News and submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) two weeks ago.
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Facebook must prioritise children’s wellbeing, Zuckerberg is told
Facebook has lost the trust of parents, is prioritising commercial gain over children’s needs and must take steps to restore faith in its platforms, a global alliance of child protection campaigners and experts has warned Mark Zuckerberg.
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Kids and their computers: Several hours a day of screen time is OK, study suggests
New data suggests that lots of time on screens may even improve peer relationships. But the study comes with caveats.
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Do screens really hurt kids? Not much, and they may have some benefits
Screen time may not be as harmful as previously suspected for school-aged children and may have some important benefits, according to one of the largest studies to date exlporing how screens impact youth.
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