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Parents are giving away their extra frozen embryos. Inside a new fertility trend.
"I had gone into this process hoping to find our embryos a loving family. But now we were finding a loving family for ourselves, too."
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A Woman’s Quest for Motherhood. A Cross-Border Trade in Babies.
Jin Lifen never bothered to explain how she had suddenly become the mother of twins. One day in 2017, she showed up in her village, Zaokeng, with two infant daughters, and paid no mind to the puzzled stares and hushed gossip. In the conservative community, set in the hilly interior of Zhejiang province, an unmarried woman having children is itself cause for consternation. Moreover, some of the villagers had heard the whispers that Jin was infertile. The out-of-the-blue arrival of newborns raised all kinds of questions, and even Jin’s own mother didn’t know the answers.
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Free speech doesn't mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here's how to explain this to kids
Freedom of speech is a human right. But it comes with limitations, such as using the right to incite violence. Conversations around these concepts are a part of democratic education.
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China cuts children's online gaming to one hour
Regulators are restricting game-playing for under 18s to an hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays
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How to Pass Your Values On to Your Children
If you don’t play an active role in raising your children, you’re leaving it to chance. Here are 15 ways to pass your values on to your kids.
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'James Bond' actor Daniel Craig says his children won't be receiving his multimillion-dollar fortune
Daniel Craig may command eight-figure Hollywood paychecks — including a reported $25 million to reprise the role of James Bond in the upcoming “No Time To Die” and a reported $100 million to appear in the sequels to 2019′s “Knives Out” — but the 53-year-old actor isn’t planning on sharing much of it with his children.
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Half of U.S. parents may not vaccinate their youngest child against Covid-19
Even as the delta variant of Covid-19 sweeps the globe, leaving those who remain unvaccinated vulnerable, vaccination among adults and teenagers in the United States is stalling, giving rise to concerns over whether parents will vaccinate their young children once vaccines are approved for those under 12 years of age.
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Having a go: US parents say Peppa Pig is giving their kids British accents
Parents across the US say their children are acquiring British accents, thanks to Peppa Pig. Linguistic experts have cast doubt on such claims, but some parents insist the “Peppa effect” has their American children saying “mummy” instead of “mommy”, using phrases such as “Give it a go”, and pronouncing tomato “to-mah-to”, not “to-may-to”.
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Debit Card Apps for Kids Are Collecting a Shocking Amount of Personal Data
Greenlight says it isn't currently selling data on kids' spending habits to advertisers, but its privacy policy suggests it could start anytime.
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Parents of children called Alexa challenge Amazon
Youngsters are being bullied over their name - also the default wake word for the tech firm's smart speakers.
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Christina Greer Sentenced To 60 Years In Prison For Sex Crimes At Daughter’s Sleepovers
A Nebraska woman has been sentenced to more than 60 years in prison for several child abuse charges related to sleepovers with friends of her then 11-year-old daughter where she had sex with two boys and handed out marijuana-infused gummy bears. Christina Greer, 38, was sentenced Monday to between 64 and 102 years in prison.
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When Suzie's son fell behind, doctors discouraged her from teaching him the one thing that ended up helping
Suzie watched her son's development deteriorate for years. Doctors said it was all part of the process, but they were wrong.
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Self-harm warning signs can appear decade earlier
Early warning signs of self-harm can appear in children almost a decade before it starts, say researchers. The team at the University of Cambridge found two distinct groups that were more likely to harm themselves. The first included those who struggle to control their emotions, and the second featured youngsters more willing to take risks than others their age.
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Covid lockdown school closures ‘hit mothers’ mental health but left fathers unaffected’
School closures in England during the Covid lockdown badly damaged the mental health of mothers but had no impact on fathers’ wellbeing, research has found.
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Too many healthy women are having their labour induced for no identified medical reason, our study shows
Induction of labour can be life-saving in some situations. But women are increasingly induced for non-medical reasons, and earlier in their pregnancies.
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Immediate Skin-to-Skin Touch Could Save The Lives of Many Preterm Babies, Study Shows
When a baby is born prematurely, immediate skin-to-skin contact could save their lives.
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Why are sitcom dads still so inept?
Dads are taking parenting much more seriously. But according to a new study of sitcoms, the stereotype of the foolish father remains stubbornly in place.
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Rooting out racism in children's books
Ten years ago, I sat down with my then 8-year-old daughter to read a book before bedtime. The book was sort of a modern-day “boy who cried wolf” story, only it was about a little girl named Lucy who had a bad habit of telling lies.
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Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US mothers’ breast milk
Toxic chemicals known as PFAS found in all 50 samples tested at levels nearly 2,000 times what is considered safe in drinking water
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It’s time to recognize the damage of childbirth, doctors and mothers say
The health care system often neglects women’s postpartum concerns, from physical pain to psychological anguish. Many women assume this is what you get when you have a baby. But experts say it doesn’t have to be this way.
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