Children and Family
Children & Family section. Reviews and advice about anything kids and family related.
Dad whose son was cyber-bullied invented parental internet tool GCHQ spies dubbed “Facebook of the future”
IT security expert Paul Hodge, 50, and pals’ created a small box that stops kids accessing harmful content on mobiles and puts limits on their internet use.
My £20 CPR class saved my baby’s life
Isaac Hoey was just six weeks old when he "stopped breathing and started to turn blue".
Report Card: Govt could do much better on children’s right to play
The UK is a signatory of the UN Convention on the Rights of The Child, whose articles include The Right to Play: A31: States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and...
Smartphones and tablets cause mental health issues in kids as young as two
Just an hour's screen time a day can make them prone to heightened levels of anxiety or depression
Court let young autistic woman be used for sex by strangers so she might ‘learn from mistakes’
A psychiatric report then submitted to the court warned that continuing the experiment could lead to “sexual abuse, violence, injury or death”
Immunising expectant mums protects their child from whooping cough
Antibodies are passed from mother to the child in the womb helping protect them in the first months of life before they too can be vaccinated.
Fish oil supplements taken in pregnancy can really help your baby, here’s why
Researchers found fish oil supplements in the later stages of pregnancy are linked with a higher BMI in the first six years of life
GOING GAGA – Baby talk ‘speeds up language learning’
A study shows that it helps them pick up language more quickly - which could give them a head start when they get to school
Harry and Gareth are becoming popular baby names in the UK again
One of the UK’s most unpopular baby names could be about to make a comeback - thanks to England’s World Cup success. ‘Gareth’ was ranked 117 in the popularity charts in 1996 – the year England reached the semi-finals of the European Championships. But following Gareth Southgate’s infamous penalty blunder which saw them miss out on a place in the final, it had plunged to 1,903 by 2016, with just a handful of tots given the name each year. However,...