Children
Eight-year-old Ohio girl takes mother’s car and goes shopping at Target
An eight-year-old girl in Ohio took her mother’s car and drove for more than 20 minutes along busy roads to get to a local Target store – where she...
Children
Parents forced from small boat plead to join children taken to UK without them
Two parents separated from their children while attempting to cross the Channel by small boat have urged the...
Childcare
Parents are anxious, lonely, overwhelmingly stressed – and their crisis affects everyone | Emma Beddington
It is the kind of statistic that makes you do a double-take, because it can’t be right. It...
Children
Scottish opposition pushes Swinney on free school meal and flat-rate rail fare cuts
Opposition parties in Scotland have urged John Swinney to reverse unpopular cuts to free school meals and flat-rate...
Children
Project 2025 plan calls for shifting funding for childcare to in-home care
With the Republican presidential ticket led by Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance recently drawing scrutiny...
‘It felt shameful’: the profound loneliness of modern motherhood
One of the weirdest experiences for me in early motherhood was a recurrent image or sense, when I was walking down the street, pushing...
France to trial ban on mobile phones at school for children under 15
France is to trial a ban on mobile phones at school for pupils up to the age of 15, seeking to give children a...
EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone
Primary school children should not be given smartphones by their parents, one of the UK’s largest mobile phone operators has warned.
EE is advising parents...